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George Szell - A Life of Music

English · Paperback / Softback

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Michael Charry has conducted widely in the U.S. and internationally. He was a member of the conducting staff of the Cleveland Orchestra for nine years under George Szell and for two years after Szell's death. He is on the faculty of Mannes College The New School for Music, in New York City, where he was head of orchestral studies and music director of the Mannes Orchestra.


List of contents










Preface   ix
Acknowledgments   xv
Abbreviations   xix
Chronology   xxi

Introduction   1
1. The New Mozart (1897-1929)   3
2. The Conductor Spreads His Wings (1930-38)   23
3. Musical Pioneering in Australia (1938, 1939)   42
4. New World, New Beginnings (1939-46)   56
5. Cleveland: Contest and Commitment (1942-47)   78
6. Szell, the Orchestra Builder (1947-54)   105
7. George Szell and Rudolf Bing (1953-54)   141
8. Keeping the Promise: "Second to None" (1954-57)   149
9. The Golden Years (1957-65)   172
10. The Cleveland Orchestra in the World (1965-68)   223
11. Summers at Home   254
12. Finale: Cleveland, Japan, Korea, Anchorage, Cleveland (1968-70)   270
Epilogue   289
In Szell's Words   291

Appendix A. "On the 150th Anniversary of Schumann's Birth," by George Szell   295
Appendix B. Staff and Kulas Foundation Conductors under George Szell   299
Appendix C. Apprentice Conductor Qualifications   301
Appendix D. 1957 European Tour Repertoire   303
Appendix E. 1965 European Tour Repertoire   305
Appendix F. Szell's Repertoire   307
Discography   331
Notes   355
Bibliography   397
Index   399

Illustrations follow page 104

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Michael Charry

Summary

A biography of George Szell, one of the greatest orchestra and opera conductors of the twentieth century. It also lists Szell's conducting repertoire and includes a comprehensive discography.

Product details

Authors Michael Charry
Publisher University Of Illinois Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 08.01.2014
 
EAN 9780252080036
ISBN 978-0-252-08003-6
No. of pages 464
Series Music in American Life
Music in American Life
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art
Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies

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