The Philharmonic Gets Dressed

The Philharmonic Gets Dressed

<p>"It is almost Friday night. Outside, the dark is getting darker," and here and there around the city ninety-two men and thirteen women are getting dressed to go to work. First they bathe and put on their underwear. Then they don special black-and-white apparel. Then when the one hundred and five people are completely ready, each takes a musical instrument and travels to midtown. There, at 8:30 tonight, they will work together: playing.</p><p>In these pages Karla Kuskin and Marc Simont combine their talents to give us a delightful and unusual inside view of one way an orchestra prepares.</p><p> <awards> Nominee, 1983 American Book Award<br />Notable Children's Books of 1983 (ALA)<br />1983 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)<br />Outstanding Children's Books of 1982 (NYT)<br />A Reading Rainbow Selection<br />1983 Teachers' Choices (NCTE)<br />Children's Books of 1982 (Library of Congress)</awards></p>