Beating Time: A Musician's Memoir Review
In this charming memoir, Harry Ellis Dickson, one of Boston's most beloved and energetic musicians, recollects his long and illustrious life and career. The son of Russian immigrants, Dickson was violinist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra for fifty years and Assistant Conductor for Arthur Fiedler's Boston Pops. With humor and warmth, he shares reminiscences and anecdotes about family and friends, colleagues, travels, and the Boston Symphony, including reflections on the presidential campaign of his son-in-law Michael Dukakis and his daughter Kitty's struggles with alcoholism.
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