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Rudolph Ganz - A Musical Pioneer (Hardcover)
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Rudolph Ganz - A Musical Pioneer (Hardcover)
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Rudolph Ganz (1877-1972) was an eminent musician and a champion of
modern music. Throughout his long and prolific career as a pianist,
conductor, composer, and educator, this Swiss/American musician
represented an incomparable link between the old and new. Personal
recollections included Liszt and Brahms and friendships with
Busoni, Paderewski, Schweitzer, Toscanini, Theodore Thomas,
Rachmaninoff, and Bartok. Ravel, Griffes, and Tcherepnin, among
others, dedicated important compositions to him. His programs
frequently offered first performances of contemporary music. As
late as 1962, at age 85, Ganz continued to pioneer new music at the
First International Webern Festival. This first biography of Rudolf
Ganz not only fills an important and missing gap in the history of
the "golden age" of pianism, but provides the first balanced
appraisal of Ganz's tenure as conductor of the St. Louis Symphony
Orchestra (1921-27). The author also traces Ganz's role as one of
America's most imaginative and influential music educators. As
conductor of the children and young people's concerts in St. Louis
(1922-27), New York (1939-48), San Francisco (1939-48), and Chicago
(1944-46), Ganz was responsible for introducing American youth to
classical music during the early decades of this century. He
extended his influence in education as president of the Chicago
Musical College (1934-54) and a member of its faculty (1900-05 and
1928-69). The biography is illustrated and includes extensive
endnotes and appendixes.
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