Author: Arturo Toscanini
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: toscanini, arturo, letters
Number of Pages: 494
Published: 2006-12-01
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0226733408
ISBN-13: 9780226733401

Fifty years after his death, Arturo Toscanini is still considered one of the greatest conductors in history, and probably the most influential. His letters, expertly collected, translated, and edited here by Harvey Sachs, will give readers a new depth of insight into his life and work. As Sachs puts it, they “reveal above all else a man whose psychological perceptions in general and self-knowledge in particular were much more acute than most people have thought likely.” They are sure to enthrall anyone interested in learning more about one of the great lives of the twentieth century.“Thi

Author: Tobia Nicotra
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Keywords: toscanini, arturo
Number of Pages: 244
Published: 2005-06-23
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 1417901268
ISBN-13: 9781417901265

1929. Translated from the Italian by Irma Brandeis and H. D. Kahn. The biography of Toscanini, the most famous conductor of his time and considered by many to be the greatest conductor of the twentieth century. Contents: Foreshadowings; The Conductor Ordained; The Memory Phenomenon; The Dionysiac; Early Concerts and Opera; More Concerts and Talks on Music; Toscanini at the Scala; New York, 1908, to New York, 1920; The New Scala; Opera; Further Operatic Activity; and More Symphony Concert.

Author: Filippo Sacchi
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Keywords: music, life, toscanini, baton, magic
Number of Pages: 236
Published: 2006-07-25
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 1428661999
ISBN-13: 9781428661998

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