The Minneapolis Pops Orchestra: A History

The Minneapolis Pops Orchestra, A Historyis the story of a professional orchestra that has played concerts in a beautiful city park for over 70 years. In its introduction the book gives a brief history of the concert tradition at Lake Harriet that started in 1888. Pictures of the various band shells that preceded the present one are included. The creation of the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra in 1950 is described along with the story of its growing pains, its various conductors, anecdotes from players and audience, and the evolution of its present concert traditions. Information about audiences, news coverage, and an appendix that includes programs from the early 1900s to the present, provide an interesting overview of changes in our cultural history.