"Serving Genius" tells the life story of Carlo Maria Giulini,
one of the most renowned and beloved conductors of the twentieth
century. Detailing Giulini's extraordinary professional career,
Thomas D. Saler also chronicles Giulini's personal life, including
his musical awakening while growing up amid the spectacular beauty
of the Dolomite mountains, his years as a student in Rome's Academy
of St. Cecilia, his conscription into the Italian army during World
War II, his nine months in hiding for his anti-fascist and pacifist
beliefs, and his selfless devotion to his wife, Marcella.
A humble master who shunned the limelight, Giulini took a deeply
emotional and subjective approach to making music. Saler provides
uniquely detailed analysis of Giulini's nuanced musicianship and
the way he conveyed that musicianship to the orchestra through
physical gestures. Meditating on the very art of conducting at
which Giulini excelled, Saler discusses each of the conductor's
major musical appointments, including stints with the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, and
Los Angeles Philharmonic. The book also addresses his repertoire of
choice, leadership style, and moral framework.
Drawing on extensive interviews with Giulini's family, music
critics, arts administrators, orchestra members, and collaborating
soloists, "Serving Genius" draws out the personal amid the
professional life of this giant among twentieth-century
conductors.
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