Charles Munch |
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Author:
| Holoman, D. Kern |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-025054-6 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2015 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $36.99 |
Book Description:
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In Charles Munch, D. Kern Holoman provides the first full biography of this giant of twentieth-century music, tracing his dramatic survival in occupied Paris, his triumphant arrival at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and his later years, when he was a leading cultural figure in the United States, a man known and admired by Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy.
In Charles Munch, D. Kern Holoman provides the first full biography of this giant of twentieth-century music, tracing his dramatic survival in occupied Paris, his triumphant arrival at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and his later years, when he was a leading cultural figure in the United States, a man known and admired by Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy.