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1) Tár
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Set in the international world of classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer/conductors and first-ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra."--
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A divorced woman revisits a life-changing decision and confronts her church in this novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of Stranger in Paradise.
Gerry Fitzgerald kneels before the altar, moments away from the most important decision of her life. She is about to take her vows in the sisterhood of God, and yet she is not at peace. Anything but. Doubt fills her heart and she is torn with guilt. She found...
Gerry Fitzgerald kneels before the altar, moments away from the most important decision of her life. She is about to take her vows in the sisterhood of God, and yet she is not at peace. Anything but. Doubt fills her heart and she is torn with guilt. She found...
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
"Written by many working conductors, this book considers all facets of musical conducting. It includes practical advice on how to conduct different groups (choral, opera, symphony, early music) and a history of conducting presented as a study of national traditions. Designed for the lay reader who wants an inside look at the world of conducting as well as for potential students, it is a revealing study about a secretive industry. Managers, artistic...
Author
Publisher
Faber
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"From inside the rehearsal rooms of some of the most inspirational orchestral partnerships in the world, Tom Service reveals how the catalysts of place, time and personal history are alchemised into the indelible magic of life-changing performances"--
Author
Publisher
Rodale Kids
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Invites children to travel through trees and across seas with Maestro Mouse and his musical friends, who visit with a sequence of animals on spreads that incorporate clues to a coded message. Young readers will meet a big blue whale and speedy cheetahs, tiny beetles and graceful swans. The poems combined with the music tell a story and reveal a funny or interesting side of each animal's personality.
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
It may be difficult to imagine today, but Arturo Toscanini -- recognized widely as the most celebrated conductor of the twentieth century -- was once one of the most famous people in the world. Like Einstein in science or Picasso in art, Toscanini (1867-1957) transcended his own field, becoming a figure of such renown that it was often impossible not to see some mention of the maestro in the daily headlines. Acclaimed music historian Harvey Sachs...
Author
Publisher
Northeastern University Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
"This biography explores Karajan's life and music making against the background of European music and politics in the years 1908-1989. Periods in Karajan's life hitherto ignored or believed to have been in some way "covered up"--His childhood in Austria during and after the First World War and his early career as a conductor in Nazi Germany - are frankly and revealingly explored."
"This is the "jet-set megastar" who was in reality a shy, music-obsessed,...
Author
Publisher
Rizzoli
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
From a small town in the south of Italy to the pinnacle of the classical music world, Muti has enthralled audiences across the globe as conductor of the world's most prestigious orchestras and opera houses. Now, after fifty years on the podium, he reflects on an extraordinary career, working with the great artists of his generation, and shares the personal anecdotes and revelations of a remarkable life in music.
19) The conductor
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Pairing two seemingly disparate elements - an orchestra conductor and a grove of trees - illustrations appear to take flight before our eyes as the conductor prompts the leaves to rustle, then whirl, then swirl to unexpected life with each turn of the page. -- From the publisher.
