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Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra: The BPO Celebrates the First 75 Years
$29.95The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra came into existence at the height of the Great Depression. Seventy-five years later, it is an internationally renowned, Grammy-winning Orchestra. The story of this amazing trajectory is told through more than 200 images in a beautiful 120-page coffee table book that celebrates music in Buffalo. Follow the BPO from Lajos Shuk to JoAnne Falleta, and meet many of the world’s greatest musicians. Leonard Bernstein to Lang Lang, Johnny Mathis to the Grateful Dead, the BPO has brought the world of music to Buffalo. On tour, it has brought Buffalo to the world. Special sections showcase the BPO’s home, the acoustically perfect Kleinhans Music Hall, the BPO’s many Carnegie Hall appearances and the hundreds of recordings made over the decades.
Martha –
Great Buffalo Come-back History!
A well-written history of an urban neighborhood’s creation, decline, and rejuvenation. America’s greatest landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted designed the first park and parkway system in the country for the city of Buffalo. The authors create a very interesting account of the most important people that created the parks as well as those who inspired the revival of this neighborhood through their grass-root efforts. I’m a native Buffalonian and I learned quite a bit about how it came about.
A Voracious Reader –
Very informative!
It’s been many years since I last visited Buffalo, but this book brings back memories of the lovely neighborhoods I visited. There are lots of nice photos, of which the older ones are in black-and-white. Also, the written material is quite extensive and very interesting.
Maxine –
Book wonderful.
The book content is wonderful, but Amazon delivered it unwrapped in the box with plant support stakes.
Randall Reade –
Great history of a Buffalo neighborhood
Olmsted was hired by Buffalo leaders to design its park, and he ended up designing the first park system anywhere. He loved the city and kept coming back to refine his plans, and design new areas. He said that with his park system (combined with the earlier Ellicott Street plan), Buffalo is the best planned city in the US, if not the world.
This book has a lot of history about the Elmwood neighborhood, and we should be grateful for what he did.