Beethoven in Beijing by Jennifer Lin

Posted by on Dec 16, 2022 in | Comments Off on Beethoven in Beijing by Jennifer Lin Beethoven in Beijing Stories from the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Historic Journey to China by Jennifer Lin Temple University Press, 192 pp., hardcover $35 Beethoven in Beijing offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Philadelphia Orchestra’s historic 1973 visit to China. Drawing together interviews, personal accounts, press reports and diplomatic cables, it paints a vivid picture of both the complex...
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Pennsylvania Heritage Recommends

Posted by on May 8, 2015 in | Comments Off on Pennsylvania Heritage Recommends Gettysburg Religion Refinement, Diversity, and Race in the Antebellum and Civil War Border North In the borderland between slavery and freedom, Gettysburg remains among the most legendary landmarks of the American Civil War, asserts Steve Longenecker, author of Gettysburg Religion: Refinement, Diversity, and Race in the Antebellum and Civil War Border North (Fordham University Press, 2014,...
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Philadelphia – As They See It

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Philadelphia – As They See It Interpreting a city through the eyes of its artists offers unusual – if not unique­ – perspectives and insights. As these artists choose a wide variety of styles and media, so, too, they select landmarks, people, and special moments not only to convey a portrait of their city, but to capture its spirit and collective psyche as well. Their resulting images prove diverse; they are...
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Philadelphia’s Settlement Music School Celebrates 100 Years of Magic

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Philadelphia’s Settlement Music School Celebrates 100 Years of Magic One hundred years ago, in 1908, two community-minded, socially-conscious single young women, Philadelphians Jeanette Selig (1886–1965) and Blanche Wolf (1886–1983), unwittingly created a school that’s become recognized as the largest community arts school in the United States, serving more than fifteen thousand students. In 1982, as the Settlement Music School observed its seventy-fifth...
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