Charles Hallé: A Musical LifeJanuary 2008 sees the 150th anniversary of the Halle Concerts in Manchester, and this work is a timely examination of the life of its founder, Sir Charles Halle, to whom Manchester and indeed music itself owe so much." |
Contents
The Making of a Musician | 19 |
The New Man in Manchester | 45 |
The HalléLoder Opera Season of 1854 | 77 |
The Uphill Struggle | 97 |
Hallés London Opera Season 186061 | 123 |
Famine and Feast | 139 |
The Last Decade | 175 |
Hallés Business Model and Methods | 201 |
Epilogue An Appreciation of Hallé as a Person | 223 |
Appendices | 239 |
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