One woman in a hundred : Edna Phillips and the Philadelphia Orchestra /
Gifted harpist Edna Phillips (1907-2003) joined the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1930, becoming not only that ensemble's first female member but also the first woman to hold a principal position in a major American orchestra. Plucked from the Curtis Institute of Music in the midst of her studies,...
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
©2013.
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| Series: | Music in American life
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