Tully PotterAdolf Busch
The Life of an Honest Musician [2 volume set] - Revised edition
Tully Potter, born in Edinburgh in 1942, spent his formative years in South Africa. A serious record collector since the age of twelve, he has made a special study of performing practice in vocal, string and chamber music. He is opera critic for The Daily Mail and for more than half a century has contributed to musical periodicals. He wrote many articles for The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart and has lectured widely on historical recordings. From 1997 to 2008 he edited Classic Record Collector.
Volume One: 1891-1939 Dedication Introduction Acknowledgments I.The Busch
Family II.The Prodigy III.The Cologne Conservatory IV.The Young Virtuoso
V.The Vienna Years VI.Berlin and Busoni VII.The Darmstadt Days VIII.
Burgeoning in Basel IX.The Break X.Busch the Man XI.The Chamber Players
XII.The Lucerne Festival Volume Two: 1939-52 XIII.The New World XIV.Between
Two Continents XV.The Marlboro School of Music Appendices 1.Busch and the
Violin 2.Taste and Repertoire 3.Busch as Interpreter: Comments on his
Performances 4.Busch the Teacher 5. Busch and the Viola 6.Six Tributes:
Joseph Szigeti and Max Strub on Adolf Busch; Edith Eisler, Recollections of
Adolf Busch; A Letter from a Member of the Busch Little Symphony; Yehudi
Menuhin on Fritz and Adolf Busch; Sir Adrian Boult on the Busch Brothers
7.The Busch Ensembles: An Outline of their Histories 8.The Art of Ensemble
Playing, by Adolf Busch 9.Adolf Busch Discusses Ways of Musical Progress
10.Colleagues and Contemporaries: Personalia 11. Busch on Record: A
Complete Discography, with Commentary 12.Busch the Composer: Commentaries
and Work List Bibliography Index of Busch's Works General Index
