Adolf Busch: the Life of an Honest Musician: Two Volume Set with cd's

Tully Potter

ISBN 10: 0907689507 / ISBN 13: 9780907689508

Published by Toccata Press, 2010

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2 Volumes with cd's to each volume (have not tried them so as found). Volume 1: 1891-1939. 702pp. Volume 2: 1939-52. Volume 1 inscribed by the author, signed and dated 'Tully' on half title. Both volumes as new with as new unclipped dj. Bumps to few early pages volume 1. These 2 volumes are heavy at 4kg and post and packing will be more than quoted by abe. As economy post cannot be insured they would have to go airmail tracked and insured. UK the volumes would have to go guaranteed.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1689414267579

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Adolf Busch: the Life of an Honest Musician: Two Volume Set with cd's
• Publisher: Toccata Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0907689507
• ISBN 13: 9780907689508
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Weight: 10 kilograms
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Based on extensive research, this biography of the great violinist and composer, Adolf Busch, sets his life against the tumultuous times in which he lived. Two volume set including two CDs. Adolf Busch (1891-1952) was not only an all-round musician; he was also a moral beacon in troubled times. Now remembered as the first violin of the Busch String Quartet, which he founded in 1912, he was the greatest quartet-playerof the last century and also the busiest solo violinist of the inter-War years, regularly performing the great concertos with such conductors as Toscanini, Walter, Furtwängler, Boult, Barbirolli and many others. He was, moreover,an outstanding composer whose works enjoyed performances both at home in Germany and further afield. But at the peak of his popularity his profound sense of decency and his simple human dignity brought about a dramatic reversal in his fortunes. His courageous decision to boycott his native country from April 1933 - despite Hitler's efforts to persuade 'our German violinist' to return - drastically reduced his income and damaged his career as soloist and composer. In 1938, because of Mussolini's race laws, he imposed a similar boycott on Italy, where he had been one of the most popular of classical performers. The following year he emigrated with his quartet colleagues to the United States, where he was not fully appreciated, although he had many successes with his chamber orchestra and founded the Marlboro summer school. This biography, based on more than thirty years' research, documents Busch's life, examining his exemplary behaviour in the context of the tumultuous period in which he lived. 'Adolf is a saint', declared Arturo Toscanini. And Sir Ernest Gombrich said of Busch: 'He was exactly as he played - there was not a false tone in him'. Two volume set including two CDs. Winner of the 2011 ARSC Award (Association for Recorded Sound Collections), category Best Research (History) in Recorded Classical Music.

About the Author

Tully Potter, born in Edinburgh in 1942, spent his formative years in South Africa. A serious record collector since the age of twelve, he has made a special study of performing practice in vocal, string and chamber music. He is opera critic for The Daily Mail and for more than half a century has contributed to musical periodicals. He wrote many articles for The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart and has lectured widely on historical recordings. From 1997 to 2008 he edited Classic Record Collector.