The Maestro Myth: Great Conductors in Pursuit of Power
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (758 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0806520884 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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In this masterpiece on the masters of music, Lebrecht enthralls readers with his insightful look into the lives and careers of the world's most celebrated conductors. of photos.
Why are there so few really outstanding conductors, and so many surface-skimming mediocrities? How did the conductor go from a mere time-beater to a powerful, immensely well-paid figure who jets from continent to continent and from podium to podium, hobnobbing with presidents and tycoons instead of with other musicians? Lebrecht explores all these factors, along with the history of conducting, and in the process dishes a few good anecdotes. . Lebrecht gets a few facts wrong (mostly minor--there haven't, for example, been stockyards in Chicago for some decades), but most of his points are well taken. Music critic/provocateur Norman Lebrecht didn't make the high muckety-mucks of the classical music industry at all happy with this iconoclastic book, but he did open a lot of eyes. In 328 fascinating pages, he exposes the foibles and failings (musical and otherwise) of the great conductors of the last century. He also shines the light on Ronald Wilford, the superagent of
A Great Book to read, not particular Factual Hermes Camacho A great gossip book for conductors, Lebrecht book explores the fame of conductors and whether they really deserved it or not.It has numerous anecdotes on several conductors, though it sometimes skims over a conductor. For example, in the chapter discussing Great Conductorial Dictators (a list which comprised of Toscanini, Furtwangler, Szell, and Reiner), it covered in detail the lives of Toscanini and Furtwangler, but had a short paragraph on Szell and Reiner, though all four were listed in the chapter for discussion.The . "Book Review" according to Marina Horst. I am still reading this book. I find it very interesting to learn more about the backstage of orchestras. I am a subscriber to the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and it is fine to see some aspects which can be related between book and OSESPTimely delivery and for those who like music, this book is a voyage into another world.MH.. One Star Get your facts right!