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Yehudi Menuhin : A Life by Humphrey Burton (2000, Library Binding)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNortheastern University Press
ISBN-101555534651
ISBN-139781555534653
eBay Product ID (ePID)1749915
Product Key Features
Number of Pages561 Pages
Publication NameYehudi Menuhin : Alife
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2000
SubjectGenres & Styles / Classical, Musical Instruments / Strings, Composers & Musicians, Middle East / Israel & Palestine
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMusic, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorHumphrey Burton
FormatLibrary Binding
Dimensions
Item Height1.9 in
Item Weight37.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN00-056607
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal787.2/092 B
SynopsisOne of the best-loved classical musicians of the twentieth century, Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999) was born in New York City to Russian Jewish immigrants. The gifted violinist gave his first solo recital at the age of eight and within five years rose to international fame. In addition to his enduring career as a performer and conductor, Menuhin was a tireless champion of humanitarian causes, ran the Bath Festival, founded a renowned music school, and served as cultural ambassador to the United Nations. While the familiar image of Menuhin is that of a saintly, philosophizing guru, this compelling biography reveals that he was also a complex individualist who often sparked controversy. Humphrey Burton draws on his own radio interviews with Menuhin, unpublished family correspondence, and a wealth of primary sources to trace his extraordinary life from child prodigy, to mature artist, to musical diplomat. He relates in vivid narrative Menuhin's considerable achievements and wide-ranging interests, discussing his political activism, devotion to yoga, and treasured musical partnerships with sitarist Ravi Shankar and jazz violinist Stephane Grappeli. Burton delves into Menuhin's conflicts with the Jewish establishment over his postwar support of conductor Wilhelm Furtwaengler and his efforts to build bridges with the defeated German nation. He describes his two marriages, first to an Australian heiress and then to ballerina Diana Gould, and chronicles the unhappy period characterized by Menuhin's father as "the War of the Wives." The work also includes Gould's satirical essay, "A Day in the Life of Yehudi Moshevich," which originally appeared in the program book of the 1965 Bath Festival. This captivating and in-depth portrait of Yehudi Menuhin will stand as the definitive work on an exceptional musician and human being., The definitive biography of American-born Yehudi Menuhin, the beloved violinist, conductor, and humanitarian who rose from child prodigy to world renowned classical musician.
LC Classification NumberML418.M27B87 2001
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