Evenings With the Orchestra
by Hector Berlioz
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"A book by Hector Berlioz called "Evenings With the Orchestra." It's been around for a long time. The book begins with the performance of an opera, and as the opera opens people in the orchestra one by one put down their instruments and they have a talk about music. It's funny and it's smart."
By the Book: Philip Glass · nytimes.com