Walter Legge : words and music / edited by Alan Sanders.
| Author/creator | Legge, Walter |
| Other author | Sanders, Alan, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge ; London : G. Duckworth, 1998. |
| Description | vi, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction / Alan Sanders -- Formative Years and Early Career / Marie Tobin -- The Reviewer -- Pre-War Associations. -- Jean Sibelius -- Gerhard Husch and Herbert Janssen -- Arnold Bax -- Wartime Activities. -- Sir Thomas Beecham -- Sir Henry Wood -- Leopold Stokowski -- Constant Lambert -- Leslie Heward -- British Composers -- Gerald Moore -- The Philharmonia Orchestra. -- Dennis Brain -- Two Clarinet Players: Frederick Thurston and Bernard Walton -- Running an Orchestra -- Wilhelm Furtwangler. -- Post-War EMI Affiliations. -- Herbert von Karajan -- 'Those Whom the Gods Love ... ' -- The Maharaja of Mysore -- Albert Schweitzer -- EMI Colleagues -- Two composers Sibelius and Britten -- Nicolai Gedda -- Two operatic recordings -- Otto Klemperer -- Carlo Maria Giulini -- George Szell -- Artists and Friends. -- Fritz Kreisler -- David Oistrakh -- De Sabata and Cantelli -- Four singers Hilde Konetzni, Rosa Ponselle, Lauritz Melchior, Maria Callas -- More English friends and colleagues -- Wieland Wagner -- Wolfgang Sawallisch -- Sir William Walton -- Postscript / Dame Elisabeth Legge Schwarzkopf. |
| Abstract | Walter Legge was one of the greatest ever record producers. His many other activities included founding a great orchestra, the Philharmonia, which he ran for eighteen years as a 'benevolent dictator'. Music formed the central core of his life, but the printed word was also a vital source of inspiration and education. In his writings Walter Legge reveals clearly the many facets of his own remarkable personality, and from his correspondence with the great names of his day we gain rich insight into the musical world in which he played so great a part. |
| General note | Correspondence, reviews, and other writings. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 98165285 |
| ISBN | 0415921082 |