Walter Legge was one of the greatest ever record producers. His many other activities included founding a great orchestra, the Philharmonia, which he ran for eighteen years as a 'benevolent dictator'. Music formed the central core of his life, but the printed word was also a vital source of inspiration and education. In his writings Walter Legge reveals clearly the many facets of his own remarkable personality, and from his correspondence with the great names of his day we gain rich insight into the musical world in which he played so great a part.
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Alan Sanders is author of Walter Legge: A Discography and co-author of Elisabeth Schwartzkopf: A Career on Record.
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This review is from: Walter Legge: Words and Music (Hardcover)
The title of this book makes for me some misunderstanding: there are many words but generally not about music. These words are about performance practice and recording problems. I think this book is interesting primarily for those who concern performance practice and recording history of 1930-50s by HMV (EMI now). The book contains some Legge's articles from magazines and many letters and telegrams to and from prominent musicians such as Beecham, Furtwangler, Karajan and others. It's a mosaic of impressions, events, thoughts, directives, reminiscences but not a continued story. If you like it you may try this book.
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double concerts, first clarinet, recording manager, new orchestra, orchestral playing, second programme, musical public, violin concerto Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Walter Legge, Sir Thomas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Covent Garden, Queen's Hall, William Walton, Symphony Orchestra, Albert Hall, New York, Fourth Symphony, Jean Sibelius, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerald Moore, Herbert Janssen, Berlin Philharmonic, Fifth Symphony, Royal Festival Hall, Eighth Symphony, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, George Szell, Second Symphony, Seventh Symphony, David Oistrakh, Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic New!
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We commence by placing the subject of this book in context. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
double concerts, first clarinet, recording manager, new orchestra, orchestral playing, second programme, musical public, violin concerto Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Walter Legge, Sir Thomas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Covent Garden, Queen's Hall, William Walton, Symphony Orchestra, Albert Hall, New York, Fourth Symphony, Jean Sibelius, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerald Moore, Herbert Janssen, Berlin Philharmonic, Fifth Symphony, Royal Festival Hall, Eighth Symphony, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, George Szell, Second Symphony, Seventh Symphony, David Oistrakh, Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic New!
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- Don Giovanni in Full Score by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on 6 pages
- Der Rosenkavalier: English National Opera Guide 8 (English National Opera Guides) by R. Strauss on page 4, and page 124
- Piano Concerto by Robert Schumann on page 142, and page 189
- Hugo Wolf by Ernest Newman on page 10, and page 11
- Violin Concerto in D Major: Op. 35 (Dover Miniature Scores) by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky on page 28, and page 47
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- Otto Klemperer: His Life and Times, Vol. 1: 1885-1933 by Peter Heyworth in Back Matter
- While Spring And Summer Sang: Thomas Beecham And The Music Of Frederick Delius by Lyndon Jenkins in Back Matter
- Singing the Classical, Voicing the Modern: The Postcolonial Politics of Music in South India by Amanda J. Weidman in Back Matter
- Pietro Mascagni: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in Music) by Roger Flury in Back Matter
- The Cliff Edwards Discography (Discographies) by Larry F. Kiner in Back Matter
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