This book is the first full biography of George Szell, one of
the greatest orchestra and opera conductors of the twentieth
century. From child prodigy pianist and composer to world-renowned
conductor, Szell's career spanned seven decades, and he led most of
the great orchestras and opera companies of the world, including
the New York Philharmonic, the NBC and Chicago Symphonies, the
Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic and Opera, and the
Concertgebouw Orchestra. A protege of composer-conductor Richard
Strauss at the Berlin State Opera, his crowning achievement was his
twenty-four-year tenure as musical director of the Cleveland
Orchestra, transforming it into one of the world's greatest
ensembles, touring triumphantly in the United States, Europe, the
Soviet Union, South Korea, and Japan. Michael Charry, a conductor
who worked with Szell and interviewed him, his family, and his
associates over several decades, draws on this first-hand material
and correspondence, orchestra records, reviews, and other archival
sources to construct a lively and balanced portrait of Szell's life
and work from his birth in 1897 in Budapest to his death in 1970 in
Cleveland. Readers will follow Szell from his career in Europe,
Great Britain, and Australia to his guest conducting at the New
York Philharmonic and his distinguished tenure at the Metropolitan
Opera and Cleveland Orchestra. Charry details Szell's personal and
musical qualities, his recordings and broadcast concerts, his
approach to the great works of the orchestral repertoire, and his
famous orchestrational changes and interpretation of the symphonies
of Robert Schumann. The book also lists Szell's conducting
repertoire and includes a comprehensive discography. In
highlighting Szell's legacy as a teacher and mentor as well as his
contributions to orchestral and opera history, this biography will
be of lasting interest to concert-goers, music lovers, conductors,
musicians inspired by Szell's many great performances, and new
generations who will come to know those performances through
Szell's recorded legacy.
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