Beating Time: A Musician's Memoir

Beating Time: A Musician's Memoir Review

In this charming memoir, Harry Ellis Dickson, one of Boston's most beloved and energetic musicians, recollects his long and illustrious life and career. The son of Russian immigrants, Dickson was violinist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra for fifty years and Assistant Conductor for Arthur Fiedler's Boston Pops. With humor and warmth, he shares reminiscences and anecdotes about family and friends, colleagues, travels, and the Boston Symphony, including reflections on the presidential campaign of his son-in-law Michael Dukakis and his daughter Kitty's struggles with alcoholism.

Solti on Solti : A Memoir

Solti on Solti : A Memoir Review

The autobiography of conductor Sir Georg Solti, published to coincide with his 85th birthday, charting his life in Hungary, Switzerland, Germany, England and America; and his collaboration with the great singers and musicians of our time including his work with Bartok, Kodaly and Richard Strauss and his training of Furtwangler and Toscanini.