George Szell
Subtitle: a life of music
By: Michael Charry
Series: Music in American life; Music in American life
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780252036163
Subjects: Conductors (Music); Biography
Notes: Includes discography (p. [331]-353), bibliographical references (p. [397]-398), and index.
Table of contents: title: The new Mozart (1897-1929); title: The conductor spreads his wings (1930-38); title: Musical pioneering in Australia (1938, 1939); title: New world, new beginnings (1939-46); title: Cleveland : contest and commitment (1942-47); title: Szell, the orchestra builder (1947-54); title: George Szell and Rudolf Bing (1953-54); title: Keeping the promise : "second to none" (1954-57); title: The golden years (1957-65); title: The Cleveland Orchestra in the world (1965-68); title: Summers at home; title: Finale : Cleveland, Japan, Korea, Anchorage, Cleveland (1968-70).