| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 344 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
OUP E-Books
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| Contents |
Beginnings : Eger and Vienna -- "The venerable firm of Busch and Serkin" -- American pianist -- Performing -- Voices : Richard Goode, Thomas Frost, Claude Frank, and Lilian Kallir -- Teaching -- Voices : Eugege Istomin, Seymour Lipkin, Lee Luvisi, Ruth Laredo -- Marlboro -- Voices : Philipp Naegele, Blanche Moyse, Arnold Steinhardt -- Epilogue : 1991 -- Carnegie Hall recitals, 1937-1987 |
| Summary |
Rudolf Serkin was a virtuoso solo performer, who like Heifitz & Horowitz, made Eruopean classical music an important part of American middle class culture in the 1920s. This is the first biography of Serkin & it concerntrates on the unfolding of his career in the United States |
| Bibliography |
Includes (discography pages 273-314), bibliographical references (p. 329-330) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Serkin, Rudolf, 1903-1991. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81022286
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Serkin, Rudolf, 1903-1991. fast (OCoLC)fst00068617 |
| Subject |
Pianists -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
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MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- Piano & Keyboard.
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Pianists.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Faber, Marion
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| ISBN |
1423761421 |
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9781423761426 |
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1280472529 |
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9781280472527 |
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9786610472529 |
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6610472521 |
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9780195130461 |
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0195130464 |
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