Award-winning biographer Harvey Sachs has spent over a decade traveling the world in search of the man behind the legend, the artist behind the myth, and the secret life behind the memoirs. Sachs reveals not only Arthur Rubinstein's many humanitarian efforts but also his lavishly uninhibited love affairs, his fabled rivalry with Horowitz, and his ...
Toscanini's biographer now collects the great conductor's letters, which reveal his thoughts not only about music and his efforts to expand the repertoire and improve performance standards, but also about his many erotic encounters. He can also be amusingly acerbic about his colleagues, and was one of the first to speak out against the immorality ...
Toscanini's biographer now collects the great conductor's letters, which reveal his thoughts not only about music and his efforts to expand the repertoire and improve performance standards, but also about his many erotic encounters. He can also be amusingly acerbic about his colleagues, and was one of the first to speak out against the immorality ...
Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957) is the most famous operatic and symphonic conductor in history. When Harvey Sachs' Reflections on Toscanini was first published in 1978, it was acclaimed internationally as the definitive biography of the extraordinary maestro. Now Sachs has revised and expanded this classic book, further exploring the conductor's ...
The definitive biography of the most famous operatic and symphonic conductor in history. Sachs reveals facts about Toscanini's self-exile from musical life in Mussolini's Italy, his withdrawal from the Salzburg Festival in Austria, and his final years in America. Includes Toscanini's correspondence.
The autobiography of conductor Sir Georg Solti, published to coincide with his 85th birthday, charting his life in Hungary, Switzerland, Germany, England and America; and his collaboration with the great singers and musicians of our time including his work with Bartok, Kodaly and Richard Strauss and his training of Furtwangler and Toscanini.
Rubinstein's long career was synonynous with Chopin and during that time he acquired many devoted fans. In this autobiography, the author travels the world in search of the man behind the legend, the artist behind the myth, and the secret behind the memoirs.
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