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PDF EPUB} Evenings with Horowitz a Personal Portrait by David Dubal Evenings with Horowitz Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Evenings with Horowitz A Personal Portrait by David Dubal Evenings with Horowitz. a Personal Portrait. A close friend of the pianist details the enigmatic life of a genius whose music inspired millions around the world with anecdotes of his friendships, ruminations of his dreams, and confessions of his fears. From Publishers Weekly: Concert pianist Vladimir Horowitz (1904-1990), known for his inaccessibility to the public, lived with his imperious wife, Wanda (Arturo Toscanini's daughter), in the isolated splendor of their New York City townhouse. In 1979, Dubal ( Conversations with Menuhin ) was admitted to that inner sanctum to record a series of interviews with the pianist for the New York radio station WNCN, and the insecure and secretive Horowitz took a liking to him. From 1985 to 1988 they met weekly at Horowitz's home, occasionally with Juilliard piano students Dubal brought along. While the conversation, as Dubal reports it in this account, is sometimes stilted, it is always engrossing; for Horowitz--childish, narcissistic and unpredictable--could be both charming and abrasive. Dubal presents a candid portrait of Horowitz, whose vulgarity and lack of tact often startled his visitors, as well as a sensitive appraisal of his playing. Photos not seen by PW. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. PLEASE ORDER OR INQUIRE DIRECTLY TO US; either click on "Ask bookseller a question" or via e-mail: [email protected] This will save time and eliminate unnecessary steps. Use the subject "Book order." We accept cash and checks in U.S. dollars, or Paypal. Refunds cheerfully accepted within 10 days of receipt of book(s). 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While the conversation, as Dubal reports it in this account, is sometimes stilted, it is always engrossing; for Horowitz--childish, narcissistic and unpredictable--could be both charming and abrasive. Dubal presents a candid portrait of Horowitz, whose vulgarity and lack of tact often startled his visitors, as well as a sensitive appraisal of his playing. Photos not seen by PW. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal : Dubal, broadcaster, concert pianist, and faculty member at Juilliard draws upon his knowledgeable background to produce a fascinating portrait of the brilliant and electrifying pianist Vladimir Horowitz. Dubal spent many evenings with Wanda and Vladimir Horowitz in their home and in restaurants. Discussions ensued on repertoire, stylistic interpretations, tastes of audiences, other famous pianists, favored composers, and even such nonmusical topics as care of animals, modern-day presidents, and American youth. Dubal provides a rare and intimate glimpse of Horowitz and illustrates the precariousness of accommodating the temperament of a genius. Complementary works are Dubal's The Art of the Piano ( LJ 9/1/89) and Glen Paskin's Horowitz: A Biography (Morrow, 1983). - Kathleen Sparkman, Baylor Univ., Waco, Tex. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. DUBAL, David 1944– PERSONAL: Born March 31, 1944, in Cleveland, Ohio; son of Sanford H. and Sylvia (Miller) Dubal. Education: Attended Juilliard School of Music (now Juilliard School) and Ohio State University; studied piano with Arthur Loesser. ADDRESSES: Home —New York, NY. Office —WQXR-Radio, 122 5th Ave., New York, NY 10011. CAREER: New York Institute for the Education of the Blind, New York, NY, member of piano faculty, 1966–67; WNCN-Radio, New York, NY, music director and producer, 1967–90, host of weekly program "For the Love of Music," and originator of programs, including "Aaron Copland Comments" and "The Musical Offer-ing"; WXQR-Radio, New York, NY, host of "Reflections from the Keyboard" and "The American Century." Concert pianist; recordings include The Piano in America, Music of the Romantic Pianist-Composer , and Invitation to the Waltz . Lecturer at Manhattan School of Music, 1975–80, 1995–; member of faculty at Juilliard School, 1983–; gives lectures and recitals in the United States. MEMBER: Bohemian Club. AWARDS, HONORS: George Foster Peabody Award, School of Journalism at University of Georgia, 1980, for six part series "Conversations with Horowitz"; Housewright Eminent Scholar, Florida State University; Emmy Award and Golden Apple Award, both 1994, for The Golden Age of the Piano; Deems Taylor Award for Broadcast Journalism, American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, 1986. WRITINGS: Reflections from the Keyboard: The World of the Concert Pianist , Summit Books (New York, NY), 1984. The Art of the Piano , Summit Books (New York, NY), 1989. Evenings with Horowitz: A Personal Portrait , Carol Publishing Group (New York, NY), 1991. Conversations with Menuhin , Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (New York, NY), 1992. (Compiler and editor) Remembering Horowitz: 125 Pianists Recall a Legend , Maxwell Macmillan International (New York, NY), 1993. (Compiler and editor) Album of American Piano Music: From the Civil War through World War I: For Piano , International Music (New York, NY), 1995. The Essential Canon of Classical Music , North Point Press (New York, NY), 2001. Contributor to magazines, including Keynote, Musical Heritage Review , and American Record Guide . Contributing editor of Piano Quarterly . Creator of video The Golden Age of the Piano . SIDELIGHTS: David Dubal is a faculty member of the Juilliard School and performs piano recitals throughout the United States. He also served as the classical radio station program director for WNCN in New York, NY, for more than twenty years. He brings his love for classical music and his personal experiences as a musician to the books that he has written. Evenings with Horowitz: A Personal Portrait is a compilation of interviews that Dubal conducted with the acclaimed pianist, Vladimir Horowitz. Between 1985 and 1988, Dubal visited Horowitz at his home on a weekly basis; this was a notable event, for Horowitz was very reclusive and rarely granted interviews. A reviewer from Publishers Weekly remarked: "Dubal presents a candid portrait of Horowitz … as well as a sensitive appraisal of his playing." Several years later, Dubal followed that work with Remembering Horowitz: 125 Pianists Recall a Legend . After Horowitz's death, Dubal asked 125 pianists, most of whom had either met, played for, or studied with Horowitz, to write down their impressions of him. The essays include personal anecdotes about Horowitz and "range from the few lines of simple appreciation by Mieczyslaw Horszowsky" to thoughtful studies of Horowitz's unique style and musical ability by Emanuel Ax and Russell Sherman. In Publishers Weekly , a writer commented that Dubal's work "help[s] to recreate the magic spell [Horowitz] cast over his audiences." Donald Manildi, a reviewer from the American Record Guide , noted: "Dubal deserves much credit for assembling this provocative and illuminating volume." Prior to writing Reflections from the Keyboard: The World of the Concert Pianist , Dubal held conversations with thirty-six well-known pianists, including Glenn Gould, Ruth Laredo, Misha Dichter, and Alicia de Larrocha. Some of the artists' answers to Dubal's questions are uncomfortable, self-deprecating, or funny, but they are always illuminating, claim reviewers. In the American Record Guide , John Bell Young said that Dubal is a "shrewd interlocutor…. [H]e is direct and knows how to aim a question for the most revealing response." Young also noted: "Mr. Dubal has written an endlessly fascinating book. Psychoanalysts will love it as much as pianists." The Essential Canon of Classical Music , published in 2001, is a "lifetime listening
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