Trans-Atlantic Passages Philip Hale on the Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1889-1933

Philip Hale (1854-1934) helped put Boston on the Transatlantic map through his music writing. He was one of the most frequently read American writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In Trans-Atlantic Passages: Philip Hale on the Boston Symphony Orchestra 1889-1933 John Ceander Mitchell reconstructs Hale's oeuvre to produce an authoritative account of the role the Boston Symphony played in the international world of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century music.

Jon Ceander Mitchell is Professor of Music at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA, where he conducts the Chamber Orchestra and heads Music Education. He has over eighty published works (including books on Holst, Vaughan Williams, and Beethoven) and is editor of the College Orchestra Directors Association (CODA) Journal.

Introduction
PART I
1. 1854-1889
2. 1889-1900
3. 1900-1903
4. 1903-1917
5. 1917-1933
6. Aftermath and Conclusion: 1933-1936
PART II: SELECTED WRITINGS OF PHILIP HALE
Appendix I: Essays in the Boston Symphony Orchestra Programme Booklets
Appendix II: Essays in Newspapers
Appendix III: Concert Reviews and Extracts
Appendix IV: Columns on Sundry Topics