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Author |
: Norman Lebrecht |
Publisher |
: Citadel Press |
Total Pages |
: 420 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0806520884 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780806520889 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Maestro Myth by : Norman Lebrecht
Nearly ten years after its original publication, The Maestro Myth continues to enthrall readers with its insightful look into the lives and careers of the world's most celebrated conductors. Now updated and including two new chapters, this volume portrays the politics and inflated economics surrounding the podiums of today's international classical music scene, and the obstacles faced by blacks, women, and gays. From Richard Strauss to Herbert von Karajan to Leonard Bernstein to Simon Rattle, The Maesto Myth examines the world of classical music and the mounting crisis in a profession where genuine talent grows ever scarcer. It is a must-have resource for music aficiionados as well as anyone interested in the behind-the-scenes lives of these music masters. Book jacket.
Author |
: Norman Lebrecht |
Publisher |
: Birch Lane Press |
Total Pages |
: 480 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015041093843 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis Who Killed Classical Music? by : Norman Lebrecht
A history of the villains and heroes of contemporary classical music, looking at the star system, commercialism, recording and management politics, concert agencies, and the festival racket. Includes bandw photos. For general readers. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Author |
: Norman Lebrecht |
Publisher |
: Anchor |
Total Pages |
: 322 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780593082485 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0593082486 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Song of Names by : Norman Lebrecht
The close friendship between Martin Simmonds and violin prodigy Dovidl Rappoport, two Jewish boys living in London between the 1930s and the end of World War II, is threatened by the unexpected disappearance of Dovidl on the eve of his debut performance.
Author |
: Norman Lebrecht |
Publisher |
: Anchor |
Total Pages |
: 338 |
Release |
: 2011-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781400096572 |
ISBN-13 |
: 140009657X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Why Mahler? by : Norman Lebrecht
Why Mahler? Why does his music affect us in the way it does? Norman Lebrecht, one of the world’s most widely read cultural commentators, has been wrestling obsessively with Mahler for half his life. Following Mahler’s every footstep from birthplace to grave, scrutinizing his manuscripts, talking to those who knew him, Lebrecht constructs a compelling new portrait of Mahler as a man who lived determinedly outside his own times. Mahler was—along with Picasso, Einstein, Freud, Kafka, and Joyce—a maker of our modern world. Why Mahler? is a book that shows how music can change our lives.
Author |
: Kazuo Ishiguro |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 283 |
Release |
: 2015-03-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780385353229 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0385353227 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Buried Giant by : Kazuo Ishiguro
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of Never Let Me Go and the Booker Prize–winning novel The Remains of the Day comes a luminous meditation on the act of forgetting and the power of memory. In post-Arthurian Britain, the wars that once raged between the Saxons and the Britons have finally ceased. Axl and Beatrice, an elderly British couple, set off to visit their son, whom they haven't seen in years. And, because a strange mist has caused mass amnesia throughout the land, they can scarcely remember anything about him. As they are joined on their journey by a Saxon warrior, his orphan charge, and an illustrious knight, Axl and Beatrice slowly begin to remember the dark and troubled past they all share. By turns savage, suspenseful, and intensely moving, The Buried Giant is a luminous meditation on the act of forgetting and the power of memory.
Author |
: Charles Barber |
Publisher |
: Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages |
: 405 |
Release |
: 2011 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780810881433 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0810881438 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis Corresponding with Carlos by : Charles Barber
Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004) was the greatest conductor of his generation. His reputation is legendary, and yet astonishingly-during five decades on the podium-he conducted only 89 concerts and some 600 opera performance, and produced 12 recordings. How did someone who worked so little compared to his peers achieve so much? Between his relatively small output and well-known aversion to publicity, many came to regard Kleiber as reclusive and remote, bordering on unapproachable. But in 1989 a conducting student at Stanford University wrote him a letter, and an unusual thing occurred: the world-renowned conductor replied. And so began a 15-year correspondence, study, and friendship by mail. Drawing heavily on this decade-and-a-half exchange, Corresponding with Carlos is the first English-language biography of Kleiber. Based on their long and detailed correspondence, Charles Barber offers unique insights into how Kleiber worked. This examination of one friend by another considers, among other matters, Kleiber's singular aesthetic, his playful and often erudite sense of humor, his reputation for perfectionism, his much-studied baton technique, and the famous concert and opera performances he conducted. Comic and compelling, Corresponding with Carlos explores the great conductor's musical lineage and the contemporary contexts in which he worked. It repudiates the myths that inevitably surround his genius and reflects on Kleiber's contribution to modern musical performance. This biography is ideal for musicians, scholars, and anyone with a special love of the great classical music tradition. Book jacket.
Author |
: Samuel Antek |
Publisher |
: BrownBooks.ORM |
Total Pages |
: 243 |
Release |
: 2021-09-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781612545417 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1612545416 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis This Was Toscanini by : Samuel Antek
“This unique, doubly moving memoir unites an outstanding musician with his invaluable impressions of the world-famous maestro.” —Sybil Steinberg, Contributing Editor and Former Book Review Editor for Publishers Weekly Arturo Toscanini is widely considered the greatest conductor of the modern age and remains a towering figure in the world of classical music. His explosive passions, dynamic music making, and legendary leadership continue to inspire and influence today’s musicians while still captivating new generations of enthusiastic fans as well. This Was Toscanini is an intimate, firsthand, behind-the-scenes musical portrait of the Maestro, told from the unique perspective of first violinist Samuel Antek, who was fortunate to play under Toscanini’s baton for seventeen years in the famed NBC Symphony Orchestra. In this expanded second edition of This Was Toscanini: The Maestro, My Father, and Me, Samuel Antek’s reflections on playing with the Maestro gain sparkling new facets of insight from his daughter, Lucy Antek Johnson, as she enlightens readers with vivid recollections about her father and his most memorable musical partnership. With a foreword from acclaimed author and music historian Harvey Sachs and featuring Robert Hupka’s iconic photographs throughout, this shining new edition will bring back the wonder of Toscanini’s powerful style and his singular pursuit to make beautiful music. “After the recordings, this book will probably remain the most enduring and endearing monument to the art of Arturo Toscanini.” —The New York Times “This book will fascinate everyone interested not only in Toscanini but in symphonic music and music making in general.” —Harvey Sachs, author and music historian
Author |
: Peter G. Sercombe |
Publisher |
: NIAS Press |
Total Pages |
: 400 |
Release |
: 2008-03-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9788776940188 |
ISBN-13 |
: 8776940187 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis Beyond the Green Myth by : Peter G. Sercombe
This is the first comprehensive picture of the nomadic and formerly nomadic hunting-gathering groups of the Borneo tropical rain forest, totaling about 20,000 people.
Author |
: Henry Mintzberg |
Publisher |
: Berrett-Koehler Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 201 |
Release |
: 2019-02-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781523098798 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1523098791 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Bedtime Stories for Managers by : Henry Mintzberg
If you're like most managers and things keep you up at night, now you can turn to a book that's designed especially for you! But you won't find talking rabbits or princesses here. (There is a cow, but it doesn't jump.) Henry Mintzberg has culled forty-two of the best posts from his widely read blog and turned them into a deceptively light, sneakily serious compendium of sometimes heretical reflections on management. The moral here is this: managers need to leave their castles and find out what's actually going on in their kingdoms. And like real bedtime stories, these essays have metaphors galore. So prepare to grow strategies like weeds and organize like a cow. Discover the maestro myth of managing, find the soft underbelly of hard data, and learn why downsizing is bloodletting and your board should be a bee. Mintzberg writes, “Just try not to be outraged by anything you read, because some of my most outrageous ideas turn out to be my best. They just take a while to become obvious.”
Author |
: Bob Woodward |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 414 |
Release |
: 2012-12-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781471104718 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1471104710 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Maestro by : Bob Woodward
Who is responsible? From the President to the Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan to Wall Street to the role of the emerging technologies, Woodward uses his exhaustive investigative technique to reveal the ideas and politics that have changed the lives of millions of people and established the United States as the world's preeminent power. He shows why America has found itself in this exalted position. How it might have been different and when and why it might end.