Excerpt from The Boston Symphony Orchestra: An Historical Sketch T is to be said at the outset that this book is not the work of a musical critic, but of an editor and annalist. The task has been to con struct from a considerable body of record the story of the Orchestra. Much of the material especially in papers relating to Mr. Higginson's more personal dealings with the enterprise - has never been in print before. Much has been found also in the bound volumes of newspaper clippings about the Orchestra brought together by Mr. Allen A. Brown and preserved in the Allen A. Brown Collection at the Boston Public Library. The critical passages drawn from this source, in their reflection of the local musical opinion of the Orchestra in its successive stages, are believed to contribute an important element to the record. To Miss Barbara Duncan, custodian of the Allen A. Brown Collection, the author is indebted for. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.