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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas D SalerPublisher: University of Illinois Press Imprint: University of Illinois Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.612kg ISBN: 9780252035029ISBN 10: 025203502 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 27 January 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsPreface — ix Acknowledgments — xiii Abbreviations — xv 1. Beauty and Betrayal — 1 2. Mastering the Melodrama — 15 3. Prometheus in London — 33 4. Amore: The Chicago Years — 52 5. Molto, Molto, Espressivo — 87 6. Out of Eden — 117 7. Peace, Love, and Pleated Pants — 126 8. Days of Wine and Roses — 139 9. Wearing the Garment of Tragedy — 173 Notes — 189 Interview List — 213 Index — 215 Illustrations follow page — 86Reviews"""This engaging and extensive biography shows why Carlo Maria Giulini stood apart from other maestri, and above the fray: because of his gentle humanity, his spiritual resonance with music, and his uncompromising seriousness of purpose. This is certainly a book I will recommend to all the conductors I encounter, as well as others because it captures the essence of an uncommonly inspired and inspiring human being."" Kenneth Kiesler, conductor, director of orchestras at the University of Michigan, and director of the Conductors Retreat at Medomak and Conductors Programme at the National Arts Centre of Canada" This engaging and extensive biography shows why Carlo Maria Giulini stood apart from other maestri, and above the fray: because of his gentle humanity, his spiritual resonance with music, and his uncompromising seriousness of purpose. This is certainly a book I will recommend to all the conductors I encounter, as well as others because it captures the essence of an uncommonly inspired and inspiring human being. --Kenneth Kiesler, conductor, director of orchestras at the University of Michigan, and director of the Conductors Retreat at Medomak and Conductors Programme at the National Arts Centre of Canada Highly readable and musically substantive. Strongly recommended. --Classical.Net It was wonderful to get to know the man we have met so often in his music-making. --American Record Guide A thorough, balanced and illuminating portrait of the charismatic Italian as man and maestro. --Chicago Tribune A fascinating full account of the ... conductor's unlikely path to his house in the Hollywood Hills. --Los Angeles Times This engaging and extensive biography shows why Carlo Maria Giulini stood apart from other maestri, and above the fray: because of his gentle humanity, his spiritual resonance with music, and his uncompromising seriousness of purpose. This is certainly a book I will recommend to all the conductors I encounter, as well as others because it captures the essence of an uncommonly inspired and inspiring human being. Kenneth Kiesler, conductor, director of orchestras at the University of Michigan, and director of the Conductors Retreat at Medomak and Conductors Programme at the National Arts Centre of Canada Author InformationThomas D. Saler is a conservatory trained musician and was a longtime member of the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus. He is the author of several books on personal finance.. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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