The Great Conductors

by Harold C. Schonberg

Book Overview

Schonberg, the New York Times music critic of many years, writes here one from his series of books on music history. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671207350
• ISBN13: 9780671207359
• Release Date: January 1967
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Keen and gentle insight

Schonberg, the New York Times music critic of many years, writes here one from his series of books on music history. He takes a light yet well-informed approach to the conductors up through Bernstein, Maazel, and Mehta. His gentle sense of humor and love for music exude from this sentive work, which explores not only the technique of great conductors, but their lives and personalities as well. A fine light introduction to the history of conducting.