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Corresponding with Carlos
A Biography of Carlos Kleiber
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2011
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Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004) was the greatest conductor of his generation. His reputation is legendary, and yet astonishingly, in his five decades on the podium, he conducted only 89 concerts, some 600 opera performances, and produced 12 recordings. How did someone who worked so little compared to his peers achieve so much?
Between his relatively small output and well-known aversion to publicity, many came to regard Kleiber as reclusive and remote, bordering on unapproachable. But in 1989 a conducting student at Stanford University wrote him a letter, and an unusual thing occurred: the world-renowned conductor replied. And so began a 15-year correspondence, study, and friendship by mail.
Drawing heavily on this decade-and-a-half exchange, Corresponding with Carlos is the first English-language biography of Kleiber ever written. Charles Barber offers unique insights into how Kleiber worked based on their long and detailed correspondence. This biography by one friend of another considers, among other matters, Kleiber's singular aesthetic, his playful and often erudite sense of humor, his reputation for perfectionism, his much-studied baton technique, and the famous concert and opera performances he conducted.
Comic and compelling, Corresponding with Carlos explores the great conductor's musical lineage and the contemporary contexts in which he worked. It repudiates myths that inevitably crop up around genius and reflects on Kleiber's contribution to modern musical performance. This biography is ideal for musicians, scholars, and anyone with a special love of the great classical music tradition.
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Copyright year
2011
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-8143-3
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-8144-0
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
366
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Acknowledgments No access
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Preface No access
Introduction No access
Chapter One. Family No access Pages 1 - 26
Chapter Two. Career No access Pages 27 - R
Chapter Three. Correspondence, 1989–2003 No access Pages 181 - 280
Epilogue No access Pages 281 - 296
Appendix A. Discography No access Pages 297 - 308
Appendix B. Filmography No access Pages 309 - 314
Appendix C. Films Sent to Carlos Kleiber No access Pages 315 - 340
Appendix D. Kleiber Worklists, Prepared by Toru Hirosawa No access Pages 341 - 346
