A great song
By: Ursula Weigert
Contributors: Blomstedt, Herbert, 1927-
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780816362479
Subjects: Conductors (Music); San Francisco Symphony Orchestra; Biography
Other titles: Biography of Herbert Blomstedt, world-renowned conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Work titles: Grosser Gesang
Notes: Originally published as: Ein grosser Gesang : der Dirigent Herbert Blomstedt als Mensch und Musiker. Leipzig : Henschel, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: My life : a great song; title: A cosmopolitan childhood; title: The foundations are laid; title: A very special yet normal family; title: Finally a conductor! First appointments in Scandinavia; title: Stockholm : a "home game"; title: The summer courses in Loma Linda; title: "It was a give-and-take" : at the Staatskapelle Dresden; title: Reencounter with the new world : the time in San Francisco; title: Interlude in Hamburg; title: The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra : "I couldn't say no"; title: Around the world as honorary and guest conductor; title: Contributions by Herbert Blomstedt; title: What I learned from my teachers : esteemed role models; title: What I learned from my orchestras; title: "Why I am a Christian"; title: Appendix A. Biographical information, hnors and awards, discography (selection); title: Appendix B. Example concert and work schedule for the 2013/2014 season; title: Appendix C. The Herbert Blomstedt collection in Gothenburg.