My Road to Radio and The Vocal Scene: Memoir of an Opera Commentator

by George Jellinek

Book Overview

Born in Ujpest, Hungary, in 1919, George Jellinek began his musical career playing violin with gypsies in the family's garden restaurant. He spent his adolescence doing much the same, honing his talent and enriching his own musical education with frequent trips to the Hungarian Royal Opera House. But when Hitler and Chamberlain signed the Munich Pact in 1938, Jellinek's quiet life was shattered. How the exiled teenager survived World War II, worked...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786428236
• ISBN13: 9780786428236
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 6.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher