
Examines Shaw's life, character, and career against the backdrop of developments in American musical history, highlighting the conductor's beliefs about the spiritual values of great music and his achievements as the director of numerous ensembles.


(Hinshaw Secular). Joseph Mussulman deftly places Shaw and his career against the backdrop of developments in American music history since the 1940's. This biography chronicles the career of a remarkable man and a gifted musician, whose foremost conviction is that "to be an artist...