Corresponding with Carlos - Barber, Charles
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Drawing heavily on their 15-year correspondence, this book is the first English-language biography of Carlos Kleiber ever written. Charles Barber offers unique insights into how Kleiber worked. This biography considers Kleiber's singular aesthetic, his playful and often erudite sense of humor, his reputation for perfectionism, his much-studied baton technique, and the famous concert and opera performances he conducted. It explores the great conductor's musical lineage and the contemporary contexts in which he worked, and it repudiates myths that inevitably crop up around genius and reflects on Kleiber's contribution to modern musical performance.…mehr

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Drawing heavily on their 15-year correspondence, this book is the first English-language biography of Carlos Kleiber ever written. Charles Barber offers unique insights into how Kleiber worked. This biography considers Kleiber's singular aesthetic, his playful and often erudite sense of humor, his reputation for perfectionism, his much-studied baton technique, and the famous concert and opera performances he conducted. It explores the great conductor's musical lineage and the contemporary contexts in which he worked, and it repudiates myths that inevitably crop up around genius and reflects on Kleiber's contribution to modern musical performance.
Autorenporträt
Charles Barber es escritor residente en la Wesleyan University, donde imparte clases en la Facultad de Letras, así como profesor de Psiquiatría en la Facultad de Medicina de Yale University. Es autor de tres libros anteriores y ha escrito para The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, Scientific American Mind y Salon. Creció en Middletown, Connecticut (donde se encuentra el Community Health Center, Inc.) y continúa viviendo allí con su esposa y su hijo.