World's Worst, the: A Guide to the Portsmouth Sinfonia

The first book devoted to the Portsmouth Sinfonia, The World’s Worst: A Guide to the Portsmouth Sinfonia examines the founding tenets, organising principles and collective memories of the Sinfonia, whose historical position as “the world’s worst orchestra” underplays its unique accomplishment as a populist avant-garde project in which music, collectivity and humour all flourished. The unorthodox journey of the Sinfonia unfolds here through interviews with the orchestra’s original members and publicist/manager, magazine publications, photographs and unseen archival material, alongside an essay by Christopher M. Reeves.
ISBN 9781940190235. Soberscove Press.
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