Lost in the Stars
Scarecrow Press
978-0-8108-4108-6 (ISBN)
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Alexander Siloti (1863-1945), a name associated with musical greats such as Tchaikovsky, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff, was a pianist, conductor, impresario, advocate for new music, and mentor of new composers; a musical great in his own right. Lost in the Stars is Charles Barber's recreation of the vital times in which Siloti lived: the St. Petersburg musical culture and Russia's Silver Age of music. Barber highlights Siloti's move to America, where he spent his days teaching, far away from his remarkable career that earned him glowing reviews in Russia. Barber also focuses on Siloti's own tastes and aesthetics and his role in the broader artistic life of his era. The text also examines the "why" behind Siloti's almost forgotten legacy and discusses the slow reappearance of Siloti's music in our times, partly due to the ardent work of his admirers. In addition to containing the first-ever catalogue of Siloti's works, as well as a performer and repertoire list of his concert series, the book also contains the world-premiere release of a Naxos CD of a dozen Bach-Siloti transcriptions performed by pianist James Barbagallo.
An important addition to any musician's collection, Lost in the Stars will be of special value to conductors, pianists, and piano teachers. Libraries with collections in music or that support a curriculum in music history will also find the text to be a valuable source, not only for scholars, but for those interested in 20th century Russian music as well.
Charles Barber is a conductor active in concert, opera, and recordings. He has authored several articles on various subjects in conducting, and his teachers include George Corwin, Andor Toth, and Carlos Kleiber.
Chapter 1 Acknowledgments and Permissions Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1 Beginnings Chapter 4 2 With Liszt at Weimar Chapter 5 3 From Weimar to Moscow Chapter 6 4 On Tour, 1892-1900 Chapter 7 5 Home Again Chapter 8 6 Rachmaninoff Chapter 9 7 St. Petersburg, City and Culture Chapter 10 8 The Siloti Concerts of 1903-1917 Chapter 11 9 The October Revolution Chapter 12 10 Wandering Chapter 13 11 America, 1922-1945 Chapter 14 12 Teaching in New York Chapter 15 13 In Our Times Chapter 16 Appendix A The Siloti Concert Programs, 1903-1917 Chapter 17 Appendix B People's free Concert Programs, 1915-1917 Chapter 18 Appendix C Siloti Publishers and Worklist if editions and Transcriptions Chapter 19 Bibliography Chapter 20 Discography Studio Recordings of Siloti Transcriptions by Other Artists, 1924 Siloti Duo-Art Catalogue Chapter 21 Personalia Chapter 22 Index Chapter 23 About the Author
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.12.2002 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 32 b&w photographs, footnotes, chronology, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 237 mm |
| Gewicht | 808 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8108-4108-8 / 0810841088 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8108-4108-6 / 9780810841086 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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