Rave Reviews
The History of Akron's Tuesday Musical
Cynthia Harrison
Thomas Bacher
9781931968959
192 pages
University of Akron Press
Overview
The Tuesday Musical Club was founded in 1887 by thirteen young Akron women who had an overwhelming desire to share their love of music. With further support of Gertrude Penfield Seiberling, the wife of industrialist Frank Seiberling, the organization grew like many other musical organizations across the country. Unlike similar clubs, the Akron-based entity continued to expand and is one of a very few that have survived.Among the artists who have appeared as a part of the rich history of Akron's Tuesday Musical Organization are Vladimir Horowitz, Artur Rubinstein, Yehudi Menuhin, Jascha Heifetz, Glenn Gould, Van Cliburn, Isaac Stern, Luciano Pavarotti, Itzhak Perlman, Cecilia Bartoli and Yo-Yo Ma. This volume, enhanced with photographs and other memorabilia, traces the history of the unique organization from its founding to the present day. The story reflects the changing history of an urban area and the drive of an organization to provide entertainment and education to generations of Akronites.
Author Bio
Thomas Bacher is the Director of The University of Akron Press. Cynthia Harrison is the STEM librarian at Youngstown State University. Harrison received BA and MA degrees in Germanic Languages and Literatures, as well as an MLS from Kent State University. Sharon Cebula is in the NEOMFA program at The University of Akron, working on a nonfiction collection of profiles to illuminate the immigrant experience in Akron, Ohio. Cebula's nonfiction work has appeared in Akron Life magazine and Rubbertop Review.
