Memoirs

by Georg Solti

Book Overview

In these pages Sir Georg Solti relives an unparalleled musical life: his musical studies in Budapest with DohnAnyi, KodAly, and BartOk; his exile in Zurich during World War II; his work as music... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067944596X
• ISBN13: 9780679445968
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

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Wonderful book! You can buy new, hardcover editions from the Chicago Symphony's gift store. Check them out on-line at www.cso.org

Inspiring and revealing to classical music lovers.

This book is somewhat self-serving to the late Sir Georg, but it also brings a touching amount of humanity to one of the brightest recent stars of the classical music universe. These "intimate" memoirs are specially interesting given the high status awarded to great conductors and the have general perception that they are autocratic geniuses. Georg Solti does not display false modesty here, yet he does reveal sufficient elements of his ordinary life for us to understand how he developed his extraordinary artistic talent, and how he was eventually able to craft such a wonderful career by working on what he loved most: music.