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Mr. Briggs and the concert hall

By Edward Tatnall Canby

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SEE ALSO: Foldes, Andor; Dorati, Antal; Beethoven: Piano concerto #2; Piano concerto #4 (Sound recording); Britten, Benjamin; Boston Symphony; Britten: Saint Nicholas (cantata), op. 42 (Sound recording); Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, op. 31; Folk songs of the British Isles (Sound recording); Britten: Winter words, op. 52; Seven sonnets of Michelangelo, op. 22 (Sound recording); Britten: Young persons' guide to the orchestra. Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker suite (Sound recording); Career in sound engineering; Carnegie Hall (New York, New York); Petri, Egon; Egon Petri plays Liszt (Sound recording); Electronic sound control; Ormandy, Eugene; Liszt, Franz; Briggs, G.A. (Gilbert Arthur); Onslow, Georges; Hans Hopf—Wagner (excerpts) (Sound recording); Hindemith: Nobilissima visione. Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn (Sound recording); Brahms, Johannes; Hoffman, Josef; Beethoven, Ludwig van; Minneapolis Symphony; Onslow: Sextet for piano and winds, op. 79; Quintet for winds, op. 81 (Sound recording); Klemperer, Otto; Hindemith, Paul; Performances; Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich; Philharmonia Orchestra of London; Wagner, Richard; Schumann, Robert; Moralt, Rudolf; Serkin, Rudolf; Schumann: Fantasia in C, op. 17. Brahms: Variations on an original theme, op. 21, #1 (Sound recording); Schumann: Violin sonata #1 in A, op. 105. Brahms: Violin sonata #2 in A, op. 100 (“Thun”) (Sound recording); Theaters; Vienna Symphony

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