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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827187003321

Autore

Bargreen Melinda <1947->

Titolo

Classical Seattle : Maestros, Impresarios, Virtuosi, and Other Music Makers / / Melinda Bargreen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : University of Washington Press, , [2016]

©[2016]

ISBN

0-295-80626-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Collana

McLellan Endowed Series

Disciplina

780.9797/772

Soggetti

Musicians

Music patrons

Impresarios

Conductors (Music)

Composers

Music patrons - Washington (State) - Seattle

Impresarios - Washington (State) - Seattle

Conductors (Music) - Washington (State) - Seattle

Composers - Washington (State) - Seattle

Musicians - Washington (State) - Seattle

Biographies.

Washington (State) Seattle

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A McLellan book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The maestros. Milton Katims : the Toscanini protege ; Rainer Miedel and Cordelia Wikarski Miedel : the maestro and the maestra ; Gerard Schwarz : the consummate music director ; Ludovic Morlot : the symphonic innovator ; Peter Erös : the old-school maestro ; Vilem Sokol : the patron saint of the podium ; Stephen Stubbs : the early-music innovator ; George Shangrow : the people's maestro ; Resident conductors : the vital links in the music community -- The impresarios. Glynn Ross : the bantam of the opera -- Speight Jenkins : the ring master ; Toby Saks : the impresaria ; Louis Richmond : the chamber orchestra pathfinder -- The virtuosi. Bela Siki : the elegant stylist ; John



Cerminaro : the man with the golden horn ; Randolph Hokanson : the old master ; Silvia Kind : the free spirit of the harpsichord ; Eva Heinitz : the greatest gambist ; Robin McCabe : the keyboard diplomat -- Ronald Phillips : the consummate clarinetist ; Craig Sheppard : the classicist of the ivories -- The composers. Alan Hovhaness : the composer of the mountains ; William Bolcom : the compositional innovator ; Samuel Jones : the harmony seeker -- The power brokers and patrons. William and Ruth Gerberding : the couple who made things happen ; William Bain : the architect of the boardroom ; Hans Lehmann : the renaissance man -- Samuel N. Stroum : the mover and shaker ; Deborah (Card) Rutter : the power behind the podium ; Sam and Gladys Rubinstein : the key advisors ; Buster and Nancy Alvord : the practical donors ; Jerry and Lenore Hanauer : the imaginative operaphiles ; John and Laurel Nesholm : the activists for the arts ; Charles Simonyi : the genius philanthropist ; Jack and Becky Benaroya : the ultimate benefactors.