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Michael Charry - George Szell: A Life of Music - 9780252036163 - V9780252036163
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George Szell: A Life of Music

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Description for George Szell: A Life of Music Hardback.
This book is the first full biography of George Szell, one of the greatest orchestra and opera conductors of the twentieth century. From child prodigy pianist and composer to world-renowned conductor, Szell's career spanned seven decades, and he led most of the great orchestras and opera companies of the world, including the New York Philharmonic, the NBC and Chicago Symphonies, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic and Opera, and the Concertgebouw Orchestra. A protégé of composer-conductor Richard Strauss at the Berlin State Opera, his crowning achievement was his twenty-four-year tenure as musical director of the Cleveland Orchestra, transforming it into ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252036163
SKU
V9780252036163
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99-1

About Michael Charry
Michael Charry has conducted widely in the United States and internationally. He earned BS and MS degrees in Orchestral Conducting from the Julliard School of Music in the class of Jean Morel. His other conducting teachers were Pierre Monteux, at his school for conductors in Hancock, Maine; and Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, on a Fulbright Scholarship in Hamburg, Germany. He was a ... Read more

Reviews for George Szell: A Life of Music
Received the Best Historical Research in Recorded Classical Music Award from the Association for Recorded Sound Collection (ARSC), 2012. "Reading this book would serve as a manual of music appreciation.  Charry's tribute reflects the scope and brilliance of Szell's career, in the careful detailing of his performances and music critics' opinions of them."
Ohioana Quarterly "A discerning and highly ... Read more

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