you, which was premiered by the london symphony orchestra and then recorded in 2019 by the philadelphia orchestratic things. i maybe suggested a few things. he would say that i sent him pages and pages of suggestions, but they were extremely specific. like, "can the flute be changed to pianissimo here?" it was almost always to get orchestral musicians to play quieter so that you could hear me. but... you felt you were being drowned out? i�*m sure you couldn�*t hear that in the hall. you could hear it? do you remember that specifically? everything you couldn't hear, i marked in the score and said, "you cannot hear it". what about that? what was the problem with that, if you had to analyse it? first, you start with the... well, the first problem is that you can�*t hear me. that�*s the first problem. i mean, that�*s the plight of any violin. one violin against a bunch of trumpets and trombones. like, if you put those two instruments in herejust now and you got us both to play, the violin would be obliterated. but i think the key for him was to get some sort of advice and guidance on the things to do

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kinds of different groups of people throughout the city and his orchestra was made up of all of the best black musicians in philadelphiatime, and a number of them were composers as well. so the members of the band would also write pieces for the orchestra to play, so there grew from this group a school of african-american composers who were all working in this sphere in philadelphia, writing music together and influenced by each other and have a really, quite an interesting group of compositions coming out of that city at that time. francis johnson was such a famous figure that, even after he died a few decades after this was published, his band went on as the orchestra and they would be performing under his name because his name was what would bring in the crowds. today, francis johnson is not a figure that is known in -- even people who study american -- even among people who study american music. whenever i do it's a splay -- a display at the library, i like to pull it up because it such an interesting time in american music and he was such a pivotal figure. host: susan vita, before we take some calls, we are in the

kinds of different groups of people throughout the city and his orchestra was made up of all of the best black musicians in philadelphiaer of them were composers as well. so the members of the band would also write pieces for the orchestra to play, so there grew from this group a school of african-american composers who were all working in this sphere in philadelphia, writing music together and influenced by each other and have a really, quite an interesting group of compositions coming out of that city at that time. francis johnson was such a famous figure that, even after he died a few decades after this was published, his band went on as the orchestra and they would be performing under his name because his name was what would bring in the crowds. today, francis johnson is not a figure that is known in -- even people who study american -- even among people who study american music. whenever i do it's a splay -- a display at the library, i like to pull it up because it such an interesting time in american music and he was such a pivotal figure. host: susan vita, before we take some calls, we are in the coolidge audito