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A COMPOSER IN THE PRAIRIES: WILLIAM LESTER AND HIS MUSIC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2008

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The 400 block of South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, is rich in musical associations. On the southern corner stands the Auditorium Building, the 1889 masterpiece of Sullivan and Adler. Inside its huge theatre were born both the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Civic Opera. For this gilded space with its unusual acoustics, Prokofiev in 1919 composed The Love for Three Oranges.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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