Zusatztext Holoman, a professor of music and conductor at the University of California Davis, provides not just a colorful and warmly affectionate account of the life and career of le beau Charles, but also brings context to the major institutional changes that took place during his tenure, a pivotal period in American orchestral life. Informationen zum Autor D. Kern Holoman is Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of California, Davis, and conductor emeritus of the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra. He is the author of Writing About Music, Evenings with the Orchestra, Berlioz, and the popular textbook Masterworks. Klappentext Charles Munch (1891-1968) was a conductor and music director with stature and influence on par with that of Toscanini and Bernstein. A pivotal figure in many arenas of classical music, Munch almost single-handedly established Berlioz in the canon, perfected the orchestral work of Debussy and Ravel, led the world to Honegger, Poulenc and Dutilleux, shepherded the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra past the Nazi Occupation and on to its re-emergence as today's Orchestre de Paris, proved beyond doubt that there could be a vibrant Boston Symphony Orchestra after Koussevitzky, and created still unrivaled recordings on RCA Living Stereo. Zusammenfassung In Charles Munch, D. Kern Holoman provides the first full biography of this giant of twentieth-century music, tracing his dramatic survival in occupied Paris, his triumphant arrival at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and his later years, when he was a leading cultural figure in the United States, a man known and admired by Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Acknowledgments List of Illustrations 1 Strasbourg, Paris, Leipzig : September 1891 - October 1932 2 Paris : November 1932 - May 1938 3 The Société des Concerts : June 1938 - May 1945 4 Leaving France : June 1945 - September 1949 5 Winning Boston : October 1949 - June 1951 6 Boston after Koussevitzky : July 1951 - July 1956 7 The Iron Curtain and Beyond : August 1956 - August 1958 8 Shifting Perspectives in Boston : September 1958 - April 1962 9 Paris, Again : May 1962 - August 1966 10 The Orchestre de Paris : September 1966 - November 1968 11 An Eternal Smile Notes Sources ...

Autorentext

D. Kern Holoman is Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of California, Davis, and conductor emeritus of the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra. He is the author of Writing About Music, Evenings with the Orchestra, Berlioz, and the popular textbook Masterworks.

Klappentext

Charles Munch (1891-1968) was a conductor and music director with stature and influence on par with that of Toscanini and Bernstein. A pivotal figure in many arenas of classical music, Munch almost single-handedly established Berlioz in the canon, perfected the orchestral work of Debussy and Ravel, led the world to Honegger, Poulenc and Dutilleux, shepherded the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra past the Nazi Occupation and on to its re-emergence as today's Orchestre de Paris, proved beyond doubt that there could be a vibrant Boston Symphony Orchestra after Koussevitzky, and created still unrivaled recordings on RCA Living Stereo.

Zusammenfassung
In Charles Munch, D. Kern Holoman provides the first full biography of this giant of twentieth-century music, tracing his dramatic survival in occupied Paris, his triumphant arrival at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and his later years, when he was a leading cultural figure in the United States, a man known and admired by Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy.

Inhalt

• Introduction

• Acknowledgments

• List of Illustrations

• 1 Strasbourg, Paris, Leipzig : September 1891 - October 1932

• 2 Paris : November 1932 - May 1938

• 3 The Société des Concerts : June 1938 - May 1945

• 4 Leaving France : June 1945 - September 1949

• 5 Winning Boston : October 1949 - June 1951

• 6 Boston after Koussevitzky : July 1951 - July 1956

• 7 The Iron Curtain and Beyond : August 1956 - August 1958

• 8 Shifting Perspectives in Boston : September 1958 - April 1962

• 9 Paris, Again : May 1962 - August 1966

• 10 The Orchestre de Paris : September 1966 - November 1968

• 11 An Eternal Smile

• Notes

• Sources