Potter Adolf Busch

The Life of an Honest Musician [2 volume set] - Revised edition
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-80543-285-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 1438 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Monumental biography of one of the major musicians of the twentieth century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Potter, Tully

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Einzelne Komponisten und Musiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Potter Tully:
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.