The golden age of conductors
By: John W. Knight
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Meredith Music Publications; Meredith Music; Brand: Meredith Music
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Galesville, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781574631180
Subjects: Conducting; Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.); Interviews; Analysis, appreciation; Conductors (Music); Orchestral music; History
Description: This book presents an interpretive analysis of musical masterworks by 20 great maestros from Arturo Toscanini to Carlos Kleiber. Also included are interviews on the art of conducting with Pierre Boulez, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Kurt Masur, Herbert Blomstedt, and Richard Hickox as well as interviews with professional musicians who reminiscence about playing under the batons of these great Maestros.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-229) and discography.
Table of contents: title: History of conducting; title: American orchestras; title: Arturo Toscanini's baton technique; title: Arturo Toscanini : Samuel Barber's Adagio for strings; title: Wilhelm Furtwängler : Beethoven's Pastoral symphony (1st movement); title: Serge Koussevitzky : Sibelius's Symphony #2 (1st movement); title: Willem Mengelberg : Strauss' Ein Heldenleben; title: Bruno Walter : Mozart's Linz symphony (1st movement); title: Leopold Stokowski : Debussy's Prelude to the afternoon of a faun; title: Otto Klemperer : Beethoven's Eroica symphony (finale); title: Guido Cantelli : Hindemith's Mathis der Mahler; title: Rafael Kubelik : Mussorgsky's Pictures at an exhibition; title: Fritz Reiner : Bartok's Concerto for orchestra (1st movement); title: Artur Rodzinski : Tchaikovsky's Symphony #4 (finale); title: Adrian Boult : Holst's Planets (Mars); title: George Szell : Dvořák's Symphony #9 (finale); title: Pierre Monteux : Stravinsky's Rite of spring; title: Dimitri Mitropoulos : Schönberg's Transfigured night; title: Eugene Ormandy : Rachmaninoff's Symphonic dances; title: Herbert von Karajan : Tchaikovsky's sixth symphony (1st movement); title: Leonard Bernstein : in memorial : Candide overture; title: Georg Solti : Mahler's Fifth symphony (1st movement); title: Carlos Kleiber : Beethoven's 7th symphony (1st movement); title: Carlo Giulini : Mahler's 1st symphony (finale); title: Pierre Boulez : expansion of musical sound; title: Freedom with discipline : an interview with Christoph von Dohnányi; title: My real idol was Bruno Walter : an interview with Kurt Masur; title: Precision with spontaneity : an interview with Herbert Blomstedt; title: From Vaughan Williams to Elgar : an interview with Richard Hickox; title: In memoriam for Richard Hickox; title: Evaluating conductors with Michel Debost; title: Evaluating conductors with James DeSano.