Dictators of the Baton

By David Ewen

Book Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1494088789
• ISBN13: 9781494088781
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Excel on Pre WW 2 Conductors!

This fine book details the lives,stories, and music of many of the great conductors prior to the 2nd World War. Most interesting are the sections on Stokowski and the Phila Orchestra, followed by his work on Disney's FANTASIA, and Toscanini, a great maestro without a touch of arrogance, and a staunch anti-Fascist. Since this work was originally printed in the early 1940's, the conductors' views and experiences with Nazis and Fascists are of great interest as well!

Excellent!

If you want to become familiar with some of the foremost conductors to ever live, then this is your book! Full of anecdotes and important biographical information. I finished this book in 2 sittings. It is an easy read and filled with humor and facts. I strongly reccommend this book to anyone interested in the field of conducting!