Am I too loud : a musical autobiography / by Gerald Moore.
| Author/creator | Moore, Gerald |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Macmillan Company, a division of the Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, ©1962. |
| Description | 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Birth and background -- Arrival in Canada -- Return to London -- John Coates -- Solomon -- Recording in the brave days of old -- Sammons and Beecham: nightingales and crocodiles -- Chaliapin and the egg -- Hackwork and auditions -- Wigmore Hall: the Lieder Club -- Elena Gerhardt -- 1929-1939: Yehudi Menuhin, Feuermann and Suggia in a tea fight -- 1929-1939: Elisabeth Schumann and the Queen's Hall -- 1929-1939 (continued) : Maggie Teyte and some English singers -- 1929-1939 (continued): John McCormack -- The war years -- The war years (continued) -- Casals -- Kathleen Ferrier -- Canadian classes -- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf -- Victoria de los Angeles -- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau -- Entr'acte -- What are Brahms? -- My work -- Psychic bid -- Acoustics, lighting, and air conditioning -- Behind the scenes -- Press gang -- Modern recording -- Travelers' tales -- Australia -- Lecturing in America -- Caviar and vodka -- Summer festivals -- Television -- Writing as a pastime. |
| Abstract | Gerald Moore, the distinguished English musician who for almost a half century has accompanied the world's great singers and instrumentalists, gives here a brilliant solo performance as a writer. This book abounds with humorous anecdotes, from the author's days as a young man falling in with his alcoholic landlord to World War II when the fire guard in charge of protecting music manuscripts turned out to be a pyromaniac. Mostly, Moore's autobiography is full of deep and sensitive appreciation for concert performers as well as some excoriation for prima donnas and ignorant music patrons. He devotes a chapter to the late Kathleen Ferrier and her contralto of "unearthly nobility." Moore provides tales of violinist Yehudi Menuhin, English tenor Joan Coates, Danish tenor Aksel Schiøtz, Hungarian violinist Josef Szigeti, Spanish cellist Pablo Casals, and many others. |
| LCCN | 62011924 |
Availability
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML417.M85 A3 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |