Maestro : encounters with conductors of today / Helena Matheopoulos.
| Author/creator | Matheopoulos, Helena |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st U.S. edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Harper & Row, ©1982. |
| Description | xxi, 536 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The mystery of conducting -- Composer-conductors. Leonard Bernstein: "A sometime conductor" -- Pierre Boulez: the evangelist -- Andre Previn: "A sometime composer" -- The orchestra-builders. Claudio Abbado: the man within -- Karl Bohm: a fount of wisdom -- Sir Adrian Boult: Britain's grand old man of music -- Sir Colin Davis: philosopher and psychoanalyst -- Carlo Maria Giulini: "Conductor, gentleman, mystic" -- Bernard Haitink, KBE: a musicianly conductor -- Herbert von Karajan: the master -- James Levine: the Met's maestro -- Lorin Maazel: master technician -- Sir Charles Mackerras: musician and musicologist -- Zubin Mehta: the meteor with good "Sitzfleisch" -- Riccardo Muti: a normal person living a far-from-normal life -- Seiji Ozawa: the Fantastic Japanese -- Sir Georg Solti: the Hungarian dynamo -- Klaus Tennstedt: late starter with a vengeance -- Independent spirit. Carlos Kleiber: a law unto himself -- Soloist-conductors. Vladimir Ashkenazy: a musical thinker -- Mstislav Rostropovich: an explosion of love! -- The younger generation. Riccardo Chailly: a sunny nature that loves living dangerously -- Simon Rattle: a massive hope for the future. |
| Abstract | Interviews with the world's twenty-three top orchestral conductors provide the basis for accounts of their training, musical tastes, podium techniques, repertoires, lifestyles, and achievements. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-528) and index. |
| LCCN | 82048125 |
| ISBN | 006015103X : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML402.M37 M2 1982 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |