Classical Seattle : maestros, impresarios, virtuosi, and other music makers / Melinda Bargreen.
Material type: TextPublisher: Seattle, [Washington] ; London, [England] : University of Washington Press, 2016Copyright date: 2016Description: 1 online resource (369 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780295806266Subject(s): Musicians -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Biography | Composers -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Biography | Conductors (Music) -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Biography | Impresarios -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Biography | Music patrons -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- BiographyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Classical Seattle : maestros, impresarios, virtuosi, and other music makers.DDC classification: 780.9797/772 LOC classification: ML385 | .C537 2016Online resources: Click to View"A McLellan book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The maestros. Milton Katims : the Toscanini protege ; Rainer Miedel and Cordelia Wikarski Miedel : the maestro and the maestra ; Gerard Schwarz : the consummate music director ; Ludovic Morlot : the symphonic innovator ; Peter Eros : the old-school maestro ; Vilem Sokol : the patron saint of the podium ; Stephen Stubbs : the early-music innovator ; George Shangrow : the people's maestro ; Resident conductors : the vital links in the music community -- The impresarios. Glynn Ross : the bantam of the opera -- Speight Jenkins : the ring master ; Toby Saks : the impresaria ; Louis Richmond : the chamber orchestra pathfinder -- The virtuosi. Bela Siki : the elegant stylist ; John Cerminaro : the man with the golden horn ; Randolph Hokanson : the old master ; Silvia Kind : the free spirit of the harpsichord ; Eva Heinitz : the greatest gambist ; Robin McCabe : the keyboard diplomat -- Ronald Phillips : the consummate clarinetist ; Craig Sheppard : the classicist of the ivories -- The composers. Alan Hovhaness : the composer of the mountains ; William Bolcom : the compositional innovator ; Samuel Jones : the harmony seeker -- The power brokers and patrons. William and Ruth Gerberding : the couple who made things happen ; William Bain : the architect of the boardroom ; Hans Lehmann : the renaissance man -- Samuel N. Stroum : the mover and shaker ; Deborah (Card) Rutter : the power behind the podium ; Sam and Gladys Rubinstein : the key advisors ; Buster and Nancy Alvord : the practical donors ; Jerry and Lenore Hanauer : the imaginative operaphiles ; John and Laurel Nesholm : the activists for the arts ; Charles Simonyi : the genius philanthropist ; Jack and Becky Benaroya : the ultimate benefactors.
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