Author(s): Stephen Lehmann (Author), Marion Faber (Author)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: December 1, 2002
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 360 pages
ISBN-10: 0195130464
ISBN-13: 9780195130461
Book Description
This book is the first biography of 20th-century pianist Rudolf Serkin, providing a narrative of Serkin’s life with emphasis on his European roots and the impact of his move to America. Based on his personal papers and correspondence, as well as extensive interviews with friends, family, and colleagues, the authors focus on three key aspects of Serkin’s work, particularly as it unfolded in America: his art and career as a pianist, his activities as a pedagogue, including his long association with the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, and his key role in institutionalizing a redefinition of musical values in America through his work as artistic director of the Marlboro Music School and Festival in Vermont. A candid and colorful blend of narrative and interviews, it offers a probing look into the life and character of this very private man and powerful musical personality.
“On the whole it shows that genius can overcome adverse political and social milieus, can survive and triumph, but often only at the cost of personal suffering of others.”–Michael H. Kater, The Canadian Center for German and European Studies, York University
Book Description
“A profoundly rewarding book about a profoundly influential musician.”–Booklist, starred review
About the Author
Stephen Lehmann is the Humanities Bibliographer at the University of Pennsylvania Library. Marion Faber is Professor of German at Swarthmore College.
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