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The Perilous Life of Symphony Orchestras
Robert J. Flanagan
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Description for The Perilous Life of Symphony Orchestras
Hardcover. Analyzes the economic challenges facing symphony orchestras and contrasts the experience of orchestras in the United States (where there is little direct government support) and abroad (where governments typically provide large direct subsidies). Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVRB; KJVX; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
This book analyzes the economic challenges facing symphony orchestras and contrasts the experience of orchestras in the United States (where there is little direct government support) and abroad (where governments typically provide large direct subsidies). Robert J. Flanagan explains the tension between artistic excellence and financial jeopardy that confronts most symphony orchestras. He analyzes three complementary strategies for addressing orchestras’ economic challenges—raising performance revenues, slowing the growth of performance expenses, and increasing nonperformance income—and demonstrates that none of the three strategies alone is likely to provide economic security for orchestras.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300171938
SKU
V9780300171938
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99-1
About Robert J. Flanagan
Robert J. Flanagan is the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of International Labor Economics and Policy Analysis, Emeritus, at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He lives in California.
Reviews for The Perilous Life of Symphony Orchestras
“This important and readable volume demonstrates the underlying disconnect between artistic achievement and economic reality facing the professional symphony orchestra. Its careful analysis, based on extensive data, lays out the ground, including relentlessly rising costs and ageing audiences, for concern for the future of this vital cultural activity in the U.S. and elsewhere. It is a volume not to be ... Read more