Author:
Lebrecht, Norman, 1948-
Imprint:Secaucus, NJ : Carol Pub. Group, c1991.
Description380 p. : illus. ; 24 cm.
Note:"Birch Lane Press book."
Note:The tears of a clown: the composer as conductor; the personal tragedy of Hans von Bülow. - Honest Hans and the magician: Nikisch and Richter. - Masters of the house: Mahler and Strauss; Walter, Klemperer and Krauss. - Facing the dictators: Toscanini v Furtwängler; Szell, Reiner and the Soviet system. - The Karajan Case: Karajan, Knappertsbuch and Böhm. - "A starving populatin and an absentee aristocracy": Koussevitsky to Ozawa; Stokowski, showbiz and Previn. - The gremlin in the garden: Beecham v Barbirolli; Kubelik; Solti, Colin Davis and Haitink. - Collapse of the conducting composer: Bernstein and Boulez. - Strange tales from the Vienna Woods: Bernstein, Maazel and Levine. - Formula Uno: Abbado, Muti and Sinopoli, Chailly. - The mavericks: Horenstein, Celibidache, two Kleibers and Tennstedt. - Insider dealing: Mehta, Barenboim and the Kosher nostra. - Left outside: gays, women, blacks. - The search for a semi-conductor: Marriner, Munrow, Hogwood and early music. - Where have all the conductors gone? The bare future: Rattle, Salonen and Welser-Möst. - The master of them all? Ronald Wilford and the millionaire conductor.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [360]-369) and index.
