The Cleveland Orchestra Story: "Second to None"Gray & Company, Publishers, 2000 - 700 páginas How did a late-blooming midwestern orchestra rise amid gritty Big Industry to become a titan in the world of Big Art? This groundbreaking book tells the complete story of the people and events that shaped the Cleveland Orchestra into a classical music legend. It taps the most authoritative sources to show how decisions were made along the often bumpy road to artistic and financial success. Told with plenty of anecdotes and intriguing behind-the-scenes details. |
Índice
Introduction | 11 |
Part One Showing Promies 18421933 | 17 |
1 Overtures | 19 |
2 Adella | 33 |
3 Big Noise and an Orchestra | 43 |
4 The Lusty Infant | 61 |
5 For Posterity | 81 |
6 Upbeats and Downbeats | 91 |
23 Dreaming Big | 329 |
24 Summer Music | 347 |
25 Musicians and Miracles | 361 |
26 Departure | 381 |
Part Four Unwavering Commitment 19702000 | 399 |
27 Discord | 401 |
28 Following a Giant | 423 |
29 Maazel in Charge | 437 |
7 Home Sweet Severance | 99 |
8 Education and Transition | 117 |
Part Two Earning a Reputation 19331946 | 131 |
9 A New Level | 133 |
10 Nights at the Opera | 145 |
11 Amazed by Artur | 161 |
12 Recording with Rodzinski | 177 |
13 New York Beckons | 185 |
14 Luckless Leindorf | 201 |
15 Something Fine and Beautiful | 223 |
Part Three Reaching the Top 19461970 | 235 |
16 Genius George | 237 |
17 Raves and Raids | 243 |
18 Honing the Instrument | 253 |
19 Orchestra Ascending | 269 |
20 Peak Performance | 285 |
21 Resounding Success | 297 |
22 Artistic Morality | 311 |
30 Image Making | 449 |
31 Roller Coaster | 463 |
32 Longtime Lame Duck | 473 |
33 Christoph von Who? | 483 |
34 Upwards Again | 495 |
35 A Veritable Explosion | 507 |
36 Music Dramas | 521 |
37 Building for the Millennium | 537 |
38 Coda | 547 |
Acknowledgments | 551 |
Photo Credits | 553 |
Notes | 555 |
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Cleveland Orchestra Personnel 19182000 | 637 |
Cleveland Orchestra Recordings 19242000 | 651 |
Cleveland Orchestra Premieres | 673 |
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