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George Szell : a life of music / Michael Charry.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2011.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780252093104
  • 9781283135658
  • 9786613135650
  • 6613135658
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • ML422 .G467 2011
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
The conductor spreads his wings (1930-38) -- Musical pioneering in Australia (1938, 1939) -- New world, new beginnings (1939-46) -- Cleveland : contest and commitment (1942-47) -- Szell, the orchestra builder (1947-54) -- George Szell and Rudolf Bing (1953-54) -- Keeping the promise : "second to none" (1954-57) -- The golden years (1957-65) -- The Cleveland Orchestra in the world (1965-68) -- Summers at home -- Finale : Cleveland, Japan, Korea, Anchorage, Cleveland (1968-70).
Subject: Chronicles the life of George Szell, describing his accomplishments as a twentieth-century orchestra and opera conductor, and discussing his personal and musical qualities, his approach to great orchestral works and interpretation of the symphonies of Robert Schumann, and his career with the New York Philharmonic, the NBC and Chicago Symphonies, the Berlin Philharmonic, and other prestigious ensembles.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

The new Mozart (1897-1929) -- The conductor spreads his wings (1930-38) -- Musical pioneering in Australia (1938, 1939) -- New world, new beginnings (1939-46) -- Cleveland : contest and commitment (1942-47) -- Szell, the orchestra builder (1947-54) -- George Szell and Rudolf Bing (1953-54) -- Keeping the promise : "second to none" (1954-57) -- The golden years (1957-65) -- The Cleveland Orchestra in the world (1965-68) -- Summers at home -- Finale : Cleveland, Japan, Korea, Anchorage, Cleveland (1968-70).

Chronicles the life of George Szell, describing his accomplishments as a twentieth-century orchestra and opera conductor, and discussing his personal and musical qualities, his approach to great orchestral works and interpretation of the symphonies of Robert Schumann, and his career with the New York Philharmonic, the NBC and Chicago Symphonies, the Berlin Philharmonic, and other prestigious ensembles.

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