Christopher Dyment

Toscanini in Britain (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first book to describe Arturo Toscanini's activities - the life he led, his concerts and recording sessions - during his visits to London and elsewhere in Britain in the years 1900-1952.

During the 1930s Arturo Toscanini conducted many concerts broadcast by the BBC from London's Queen's Hall, where he also made some unsurpassed recordings. Drawing on newly researched material in British and American archives, Christopher Dyment reveals how the most renowned and influential conductor of the twentieth century, notoriously microphone-shy though he was, came to conduct so frequently in London, a tale replete with unexpected twists, turns and ingenious stratagems. Toscanini's dominating influence on London critics and audiences in the period covered by the narrative, extending through to his final appearances at the Royal Festival Hall in 1952, is copiously documented from contemporary sources. Dyment also presents fresh evidence showing how the remarkable combination of passionate conviction and architectural mastery that characterised Toscanini's conducting was grounded not only in his obsessive study of the score but also in his awareness of performing traditions dating back to the mid-nineteenth century.
This book will fascinate those with a particular interest in Toscanini's career and recorded legacy. It is also essential reading for anyone with an interest in the history of conducting and recording in the first half of the twentieth century, set against the vividly evoked backdrop of London's concert scene of the period. This comprehensive study includes both an annotated table of all Toscanini's London concerts and his EMI discography.

CHRISTOPHER DYMENT has written extensively about historic conductors since the 1970s, particularly Felix Weingartner and Arturo Toscanini. His first book, on Weingartner, was published in 1976.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abingdon Press
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782047247
• Artikelnr.: 44949472

Autorenporträt

Christopher Dyment

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Harvey Sachs Introduction Arturo Toscanini
Chronicle of a life, 1867
1957 1900
30: Towards the Philharmonic Tour 1931
35: The London Music Festival 1935 Recording the 1935 concerts 1936
37: The London Music Festival 1937 The first HMV recording session Autumn 1937: Two choral concerts and more records 1938: The London Music Festival 1938 1939: The last London Music Festival 1940
45: War efforts and beyond 1946
51: La Scala 1951
52: Royal Festival Hall The London recordings
a study in style Annex A. Discography of EMI recordings 1935
51 Annex B. The Concerts 1930
52: Programmes and Recordings Annex C. Brahms and Toscanini: an historical excursus Sources and Bibliography