Joe A. Mobley taught history at North Carolina State University after retiring from the North Carolina Office of Archives and History. He has authored a number of articles and twelve books, received a North Caroliniana Book Award for best book on the state’s history, and served as president of both the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association and the Historical Society of North Carolina. He lives in Cary, North Carolina. John W. Lambert has written music reviews and articles for numerous publications and is currently executive editor of CVNC: An Online Arts Journal in North Carolina, as well as serving on the production team of Classical Voice North America. He has received the Raleigh Medal of Arts, the Durham Symphony’s “Share the Music” Award, and an Indy Week Triangle arts citation. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

“Engaging and well-researched...valuable”—The North Carolina Historical Review

• Table of ContentsForeword by Roy C. DicksPrefaceIntroduction1 Classical Music from “Poor Carolina” to “The Sahara of the Bozart”2 Lamar Stringfield, the New Deal, and the Founding of the Orchestra3 The Swalins and the Orchestra’s Renaissance4 On the Road with the “Suitcase Symphony”5 A New Image6 Rancor and Recovery7 In the LimelightChapter NotesSelected BibliographyIndex

Joe A. Mobley taught history at North Carolina State University after retiring from the North Carolina Office of Archives and History. He has authored a number of articles and twelve books, received a North Caroliniana Book Award for best book on the state’s history, and served as president of both the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association and the Historical Society of North Carolina. He lives in Cary, North Carolina. John W. Lambert has written music reviews and articles for numerous publications and is currently executive editor of CVNC: An Online Arts Journal in North Carolina, as well as serving on the production team of Classical Voice North America. He has received the Raleigh Medal of Arts, the Durham Symphony’s “Share the Music” Award, and an Indy Week Triangle arts citation. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

“Engaging and well-researched...valuable”—The North Carolina Historical Review

• Table of ContentsForeword by Roy C. DicksPrefaceIntroduction1 Classical Music from “Poor Carolina” to “The Sahara of the Bozart”2 Lamar Stringfield, the New Deal, and the Founding of the Orchestra3 The Swalins and the Orchestra’s Renaissance4 On the Road with the “Suitcase Symphony”5 A New Image6 Rancor and Recovery7 In the LimelightChapter NotesSelected BibliographyIndex

Joe A. Mobley taught history at North Carolina State University after retiring from the North Carolina Office of Archives and History. He has authored a number of articles and twelve books, received a North Caroliniana Book Award for best book on the state’s history, and served as president of both the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association and the Historical Society of North Carolina. He lives in Cary, North Carolina. John W. Lambert has written music reviews and articles for numerous publications and is currently executive editor of CVNC: An Online Arts Journal in North Carolina, as well as serving on the production team of Classical Voice North America. He has received the Raleigh Medal of Arts, the Durham Symphony’s “Share the Music” Award, and an Indy Week Triangle arts citation. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

“Engaging and well-researched...valuable”—The North Carolina Historical Review

• Table of ContentsForeword by Roy C. DicksPrefaceIntroduction1 Classical Music from “Poor Carolina” to “The Sahara of the Bozart”2 Lamar Stringfield, the New Deal, and the Founding of the Orchestra3 The Swalins and the Orchestra’s Renaissance4 On the Road with the “Suitcase Symphony”5 A New Image6 Rancor and Recovery7 In the LimelightChapter NotesSelected BibliographyIndex