[Karajan:  Profile of a musician] Conversations with Karajan
By: edited with an introduction by Richard Osborne.
Contributors: Osborne, Richard, 1943-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1989 [1991]
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
Subjects: Karajan, Herbert von.; Conductors (Music) -- Interviews.
Genres: Interviews.
First sentence: "As our century draws towards it close, the lives of the men and women of distinction whose careers have spanned its course take on a special significance and interest."
Description: Recorded formal interviews and private conversations by the author with Herbert von Karajan:  Salzburg May 1977;  Berlin December 1977; along with three additional visits to Salzburg and Berlin between March 1988 and June 1989 ( one month before HvK's death on 16 JUL 89).

Table of Contents:

Preface /v

Karajan:  Profile of a musician /1

Conversations with Karajan /33

    1  The formative years /35

    2  The Italian conversation / 68

    3  Berlin Philharmonic / 80


    4  On conducting /93


    5  Sibelius, Richard Strauss, and the Second Viennese School / 107


    6 Gramophone amd Film:   The Recorded Legacy /126

    7  Afterwords /137

    8  Epilogue / 147


  
Karajan and Oxford /148


Karajan and Opera Production /151

Selected Bibliography / 154

Selected Recordings /156

List of Illustrations / 163


Index / 165
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [154]-155) and index.