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1967 Spring Tour of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta Musical Director [Souvenir Booklet], Privately Published [Published Date: 1967]. Booklet, paper covers, 32 pp. An insider's day-to-day account of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's 1967 US tour. Charming black and white illustrations (no photos).
In good condition. Pale blue paper covers with black lettering on front. Light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light overall scuffing, aging and soiling. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages lightly aged but otherwise clean and unmarked. [From introduction on page 1] The 1967 Cross-Country Concert Tour of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Zubin Mehta - Musical Director Records of our trips hither and yon are chronicled for two good reasons. One - to those of us who have been participants they are a reminder of the richly human side of such undertakings - and as such are pleasurable for us to read in later years. Two - to our friends who know us only from the other side of the footlights such jottings serve to bring us into closer relationship. It is for these, our true supporters, without whom we would have no jobs, and whose interest both pro and con is a constant and vital stimulus to us, as well as for ourselves, that I put our stories down. The notes which follow are in more or less diary form and are copied from scribblings on buses, planes, hotel rooms and backs of stages. They're fairly chronological.