Download or read book Evenings on and Off the Roof written by Dorothy L. Crawford and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Performers who came to play gave their talent, with little or no financial return; composers offered their new works; and audiences grew in numbers and continued to welcome the challenge not only of new music but of early music not performed elsewhere.