Description
Family background; Boone as a young musician and composer; UC Berkeley, 1937-40: student support for the San Francisco Symphony, establishment of the Music Forum, and reflections on campus life and urban culture; WWII navy career; postwar career in advertising; presidency, SF Symphony Foundation, 1953-56; Symphony board of directors,
1940-72 (president 1962-72); comments on conductors Monteux, Jorda, Krips, and Ozawa; orchestra management, operations, labor relations; outreach programs; city politics. Includes a conversation with critics ALEXANDER FRIED and ROBERT COMMANDAY.