<p>A delightful book comprised of conversations between the author, music journalist, Edward Seckerson and internationally renouned musician, Michael Tilson Thomas. It ranges from lucid essays on championed works by Russian, European and American composers including Tchiakovsky, Mahler and Charles Ives, to wonderfully vivid accounts of his exotically crowded childhood and early associations, for instance, with musicians like Bernstein, Stravinsky and Copland. Not least the book offers fascinating insights into the art of conducting, from baton technique to orchestral tact, and bringing the classical and contemporary repertoir to a wider audience.</p>

Michael Tilson Thomas: Viva Voce

Biographies & Memoirs

Thomas, Michael Tilson

Seckerson, Edward

Arts & Literature

Faber&Faber

<p>This series of biographies presents the great composers against the background of their times. Each draws on personal letters and recollections, engravings, paintings and, when they exist, photographs, to present a complete picture of the composer s life.</p>

Mahler (Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers)

Omnibus Press

Mahler: His Life and Times

Midas Books

Mahler: His life and times

Hippocrene Books

Mahler: The (Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers)

Cherry Lane Music Company

Mahler's life was a remarkably complex one, his success as a conductor continually overshadowed by his craving for recognition as a composer. Recognition which never came in his lifetime. In this biography, the author reveals how Mahler's personality, his extraordinary life and his music are inseparable. New light is shed on his strange relationship with Alma Mahler, his wife, and on his turbulent love affairs. In Vienna, where he directed the Opera, Mahler was a prime target for rumour mongers. Nothing he did, whether private or public, escaped the attention of a Vienna avid for details of his personal life. The author portrays vividly the conflict which arose from the demands made on Mahler by his enormously successful career, and his desperate desire to pursue the creation of great music. Illustrated with portraits of the people who made up Mahler's world and photographs of places associated with him, this book unfolds Mahler's story with impressive psychological insight. Includes a CD featuring a selection of recordings by the composer.

New Illustrated Lives of Great Composers: Mahler

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