Karajan: Art of the Conductor

by Robinson

Herbert von Karajan emerged after World War II as the most important conductor of his generation. In 1955 he became conductor-for-life of the Berlin Philharmonic and the following year became director of the Vienna State Opera. He made frequent international tours and recordings with the Berlin Philharmonic and the combination of the charismatic conductor and his remarkable orchestra became the stuff of legend. Karajan died in 1989 at the age of 81 but his reputation lives on through his vast number of recordings and films and through the memories of those who witnessed his incomparable music-making.

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Robinson is the pen name of a German illustrator, Werner Kruse, who in 1967 produced a book of ink drawings that show New York City's skyline and neighborhoods in intense detail. He described it as "an X-ray" style that showed the city's buildings from outside and inside.

The book, originally called "New York," was reissued in 2009 as "New York, Line by Line: From Broadway to the Battery." A review in New York magazine described the drawings as "scrupulously accurate, down to the tiny tripartite cornices on the brownstones."

Born in Berlin in 1910 and taking his name from the children's story "Robinson Crusoe," Robinson also made a similar book about Tokyo. He died in 1994.

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Reviews

[Raquel]

Independentemente do rigor ou da qualidade literária das biografias do Magnífico Maestro, revisitar a vida de Karajan é sempre maravilhoso.

Um mago das coisas belas.

❤