| Description |
353 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustration, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-344), discography (pages 327-340), and index. |
| Contents |
Overture : 29 May 1913 -- Early years -- Becoming a conductor -- The Rite -- Beyond The Rite -- The Met -- The Boston Symphony -- Doris and Pierre -- Amsterdam -- Back to America -- The OSP -- Interlude : Les Baux -- Arrival in San Francisco -- San Francisco and NBC -- Established in San Francisco -- Recordings and broadcasts -- The Philharmonic and a return to Philadelphia and Amsterdam -- Coast to coast -- Summertime -- Letters to Doris -- Au revoir to San Francisco--but not good-bye -- Return to Boston -- The "Eroica" -- L'École Monteux -- Interlude: family life -- Return to NBC and the met -- Monteux at eighty -- Return to San Francisco -- Finally, Traviata : recordings in the 1950s -- The LSO : Monteux at eighty-five -- Principal conductor -- The final year -- Coda : Closing thoughts. |
| Subject |
Monteux, Pierre, 1875-1964.
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Monteux, Pierre, 1875-1964. |
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Conductors (Music) -- France -- Biography.
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Conductors (Music) |
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France. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
1574670824 |
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