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BRUNO WALTER: A WORLD ELSEWHERE

by Erik Ryding; Rebecca Pechefsky

Published by Yale University Press. 1st. 2001

Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper. Bruno Walter, one of the greatest conductors in the twentieth century, lived a fascinating life in difficult times. This engrossing book is the first full-lengthbiography of Walter to appear in English. Grey cloth spine with silver title, black paper boards. B/w photos. xvii and 487 pages including index.

Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel. A lovely copy.

ISBN: 0300087136
Stock no. 1831259

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Contents

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • ONE
  • Bruno Schlesinger
  • Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg, 1876-1896
  • TWO
  • Kapellmeister Walter
  • Breslau, Pressburg, Riga, Berlin, 1896-1901
  • THREE
  • Mahler's Second-in-Command
  • Vienna, 1901-1907
  • FOUR
  • Composer and Conductor
  • Vienna, 1908-1910
  • FIVE
  • Premier Performances
  • Vienna and Munich, 1911-1912
  • SIX
  • Generalmusikdirektor
  • Munich, 1913-1915
  • SEVEN
  • Delia
  • Munich, 1915-1922
  • EIGHT
  • New and Old Worlds
  • USA and Berlin, 1923-1925
  • NINE
  • A New Opera Company
  • Berlin, 1925-1929
  • TEN
  • Gewandhauskapellmeister
  • Leipzig, 1929-1933
  • ELEVEN
  • Nomad Again
  • 1933-1936
  • TWELVE
  • Dies Irae
  • Vienna and Paris, 1936-1939
  • THIRTEEN
  • Guest Conductor on Two Coasts
  • New York and Los Angeles, 1939-1946
  • FOURTEEN
  • Musical Adviser
  • New York, 1947-1949
  • FIFTEEN
  • Gains and Losses
  • Los Angeles, New York, Europe, 1949-1956
  • SIXTEEN
  • Mostly Mozart
  • 1956-1957
  • SEVENTEEN
  • Columbia Symphony Orchestra
  • Los Angeles, 1957-1962
  • Recommended Discographics
  • Filmography by Charles Barber
  • Notes
  • Index

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