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Chronicle, Repertoire, and Soloists (1926-2001)
As part of my research for the 75th anniversary
elsewhere on these pages, I compiled a comprehensive database of
over 700 performances by the orchestra and chorus from
1926-2001. This drew upon a number of sources: programs,
season brochures, and other materials preserved in the MSO
archives, back issues of the Wisconsin State Journal and Capital
Times, and for more recent (post-middle 1980s) programs, my
own records. My original database was compiled in a wonderfully
flexible, but now long-obsolete program, HyperCard. As part of the
2001 75th anniversary celebration, I used this to create a
200-page book titled 75 Years of the Madison Symphony
Orchestra 1926-2001: Chronicle, Repertoire, and Soloists.
The sections of that book are presented here as PDF
documents.
75 Years of the Madison Symphony Orchestra 1926-2001:
Chronicle, Repertoire, and Soloists:
- Preface
- Part I:
Chronicle, 1926-2001 - complete listing of 711 programs.
- Part
II: Repertoire, 1926-2001 - listing by composer.
- Part
III: Premieres, 1927-2000 - listing with short
commentary on each work.
- Part IV:
Opera Performances, 1932-2001 - listing of staged,
"semi-staged," and "concert" versions of operas performed
under the auspices of Civic Music, and later the Madison
Opera.
- Part V:
Soloists, Guest Ensembles, and Guest Conductors, 1926-2001