Based in the Midwestern city of Cleveland, Ohio, the Cleveland Orchestra is one of the finest in the world. In The Cleveland Orchestra Story: Second To None, author Donald Rosenberg reveals of the of how this came about, beginning with its origins under such memorable founders as the iron-willed impresario Adella Prentiss Hughes (the first woman to manage a symphony orchestra; shrewd patrons like industrialist John L. Severance; and eccentric, talented, dedicated musicians like Artur Rodzinki and George Szell. The Cleveland Orchestra Story: Second To None is the fascinating story of how these musicians and maestros, managers and patrons, repeatedly and successfully met and matched every obstacle in their way and makes for a gripping, complex, sweeping, highly recommended story of true drama and high achievement!