The great conductors - ECU Libraries Catalog

The great conductors / Harold C. Schonberg.

Author/creator	Schonberg, Harold C. author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Simon and Schuster, [1967]
Description	384 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, music, portraits ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Conductors (Music)--Biography. Conducting--History and criticism.

Contents	The genus -- From Elias Salomon to divided leadership -- Bach and Handel -- Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven -- Orchestras, tuning and audiences -- The arrival of the stick -- Weber and Spontini -- Francois-Antoine Habeneck -- Hector Berlioz -- Mendelssohn and the German school -- Richard Wagner -- The scene in England -- Franz Liszt -- Hans von Bulow -- The Wagner school: Richter and others -- America and Theodore Thomas -- The big three in France -- Arthur Nikisch -- Karl Muck -- Gustav Mahler -- Richard Strauss -- Felix Weingartner -- The Italians and Toscanini -- Willem Mengelberg -- Wilhelm Furtwangler -- Bruno Walter -- Sir Thomas Beecham -- Serge Koussevitzky -- Leopold Stokowski -- Otto Klemperer and the German school -- The modern French school -- From Central Europe -- The foreign-born contingent in the United States -- Leonard Bernstein -- Present and future.
Abstract	In this book, the author examines in detail the lives and careers of the world's great conductors. The reader is present at a performance - watching a conductor, hearing an interpretation, and understanding how it is accomplished. From the time-beater of the thirteenth century, through Beethoven's first concert, at the age of ten, to Toscanini and Bernstein, the author has created not only a fascinating picture of individual conductors and the development of their work, but also an incisive addition to the musical tastes and values.
LCCN	67019821