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Auteur(s) : Mann, Robert (1920-2018)
Titre(s) : A passionate journey [Texte imprimé] : a memoir / Robert Mann
Édition : First edition
Publication : Bridgehampton, [New York] : East end press, 2018
Description matérielle : xvi, 320 pages : ill. ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Includes index
"Growing up as an outdoorsy, nature-loving child in Portland, Oregon, Robert Mann
wanted to be a forest ranger, but it was violin lessons--and his parents' encouragement--that
ultimately launched him on a remarkable journey that would span a lifetime and five
continents as he pursued his passion for classical music as a violinist, composer,
conductor, and teacher. In this fascinating and far-ranging memoir, he looks back
at the struggles and triumphs of that journey, as well as the unique insights and
experiences he's gained along the way. From their beginnings in 1947, the Juilliard
String Quartet set out to play new music as if it had been composed long ago, and
to play a classical piece as if it had just been written. At first, the fledging combo
struggled to compete with the more established European string quartets, while also
coping with the inevitable difficulties of trying to blend four singular personalities
and talents into a harmonious whole, but by the time Mann retired from the group some
fifty-one years later, the Juilliard String Quartet had played close to six thousand
concerts on every continent except Africa and Antarctica and become an enduring, beloved
institution in American music. They won three Grammys for their recordings, while
sharing their distinctive sound with such notable figures as Glenn Gould, Aaron Copland,
Leonard Bernstein, and even Albert Einstein. A Passionate Journey is a collection
of both spoken and written words in the form of essays, letters, lectures, and transcribed
interviews from various times in his life. Together they offer an engrossing glimpse
into a life filled with musical milestones and into the fascinating mind of a musical
giant"--Amazon
Sujet(s) : Mann, Robert (1920-2018)
Juilliard string quartet -- Histoire
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Indice(s) Dewey :
787.209 2 (23e éd.) = Violons - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780997530445. - ISBN 0997530448
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46507125g
Notice n° :
FRBNF46507125
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Part I. The early years ; Early life. Mr Hurlimann ; Wanting to be a chamber musician
; New York and the Institute of Musical Art ; The discipline of chamber music ; Naumburg
competition ; Army years ; Part II. Quartet life ; The Juilliard String Quartet
is born. Tempi and contemporary music ; Playing in a string quartet ; Mentors. Felix
Salmond ; Eugene Lehner ; Family. Lucy ; Family travels ; Traveling with children
; Family concerts ; Musical journeys. Germany and Hanns Eisler ; Frankfurt ; Italy
; Russia and Gerda ; South America and Lucy ; Aspen, Colorado ; Tools of the trade.
The Strad ; Part III. Relationships ; Composers and recordings. Arnold Schoenberg
; Elliott Carter ; Aaron Copland and Lukas Foss ; Béla Bartók and Peter Bartók ; Columbia
Records ; Glenn Gould ; Grammy Awards ; Luminaries. Oscar Kokoschka ; Willem de Kooning
; Albert Einstein ; Dudley Moore ; Leonard Bernstein ; Menuhin, Ricci, and Stern ;
Itzhak Perlman ; Seiji Ozawa ; Modern Jazz Quartet, John Lewis, Billy Taylor ; The
Smothers Brothers television show ; Part IV. Looking back ; Renaissance Mann. Teaching
; Conducting ; Composing ; Musings ; Leaving the Juilliard String quartet after
51 years ; Part V. Remarks from coaching sessions ; Michigan State University ;
Part VI. Letters to Lisa ; Selected letters: Asia tour Spring 1961 ; Part VII. Coda
; Creative expressions ; Photo gallery ; Aspen Institute Lecture: The cold war between
Apollonia and Dionysia ; Aspen Institute Lecture: Mencius and the late Beethoven
String Quartet ; Excerpt from Allan Kozinn interview ; Juilliard String Quartet
family tree.
