| Record Pioneers - Richard Strauss, Hans Pfitzner, Oskar Fried, Oswald Kabasta, Karl Muck, Franz Von Hoesslin, Karl Elmendorff. Contributor(s): Hunt, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1901395332 ISBN-13: 9781901395334 Publisher: John Hunt OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Discography & Buyer's Guides |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.64 lbs) 204 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Discographies of seven prominent German conductors, who recorded during the 78rpm era. Richard Strauss, Hans Pfitzner, Oskar Fried, Oswald Kabasta, Karl Muck, Franz Von Hoesslin and Karl Elmendorff. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hunt, John: - John Hunt was born in Windsor and graduated from University College London, in German Language and Literature. He has worked in personnel administration, record retailing and bibliographic research for a government agency, and was on the lecture panel of the National Federation of Music Societies. In his capacity as Chairman of the Furtwängler Society UK, John Hunt has attended conventions in Rome, Paris, Zürich and Jena, and has contributed to reference works about Furtwängler by John Ardoin and Joachim Matzner. He has also translated from the German Jürgen Kesting's important monograph on Maria Callas. Additionally he was a founder committee member of the Elisabeth Schwarzkopf-Walter Legge Society. The discographies have covered well over 150 performing artists, and several titles have been nominated for Awards for Recorded Research (Historical Category) by the American Association of Recorded Sound Collections. |