Defending the Music : Michael Steinberg at the Boston Globe, 1964-1976.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feder, Susan.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (649 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2026.

Summary:

This volume compiles selections of Michael Steinberg's writings on music for the Boston Globe between 1964 and 1976, as a companion to the four previous collections of his program notes and essays previously published by OUP. Steinberg was known for his highly entertaining and accessible writing that made even the most complex aspects of music easy to understand. This book offers accessible musical insights, distinctive observations about the performers, composers, and programming at leading arts organizations, as well as an overview of Boston's musical life at the time.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Photograph

Table of Contents

1964

Bernstein's Kaddish in Premiere Here

February 1, 1964

Glenn Gould, Pianist-Also a Critic of Music Worth Paying Heed To

February 3, 1964

Munch Conducts Berlioz-Fantastique

February 8, 1964

New Faces, Remarkable Symphony-Mahler Ninth Superb in New York Concert

February 9, 1964

Late Beethoven Sonata Heard in Special Perspective

February 10, 1964

Performing Composer-A Treat to Hear

February 11, 1964

I Puritani-Opera a Triumph, Sutherland Great

February 13, 1964

Brendel-Outstanding Performance for Valorous Audience

February 17, 1964

Renaissance Music By the Camerata

February 26, 1964

Gina Bachauer-Pianist Commanding in Mussorgsky Work

March 2, 1964

Stokowski, BSO Share Afternoon of Glamour

March 7, 1964

Sawallisch-Viennese Outstanding in Bruckner Symphony

March 9, 1964

Philomel-New Babbitt Work Lyric Triumph

March 15, 1964

Elliott Carter-Prausnitz Gives Boston Premiere of Variations

March 20, 1964

On Segregation-Musicians, Politics, and Responsibilities

March 29, 1964

Brahms Concerto With Some Bold Retouches

April 5, 1964

La Bohème Has Its High, Low Spots

April 16, 1964

Our Unserious Public-What Does It Hear?

May 10, 1964

Musicians and Scholars-Must There Be War?

May 24, 1964

Composer-Performers-What Can They Teach Us?

June 14, 1964

Marian Anderson-South Better Now

June 15, 1964

Erich Leinsdorf Stresses Broader Musical View

June 28, 1964

Pierre Monteux, 1875-1964

July 5, 1964

Rudolf Kolisch-Music and Webern, and "Beautiful Tone"

August 20, 1964

From Price, Von Karajan Spectacular Carmen [Record Review]

September 3, 1964

Schoenberg-Thoughts On the Birthday of an Extraordinary Man.

September 13, 1964

Boston Symphony Opens 84th Season

September 26, 1964

Virtuosity-Beautiful Sounds Or Beautiful Music?

October 11, 1964

Barbirolli Conducts Music of England

November 7, 1964

Boston Symphony Chamber Group Disappointing in Debut

November 9, 1964

Handel and Haydn Society Gives Annual Messiah

December 14, 1964

1965

On Criticism-An Open Letter in Reply to Henry B. Cabot

January 3, 1965

Scissors and Paste Are Bad Composers

January 24, 1965

Ernst Haefliger's Beautiful Debut

February 14, 1965

Nono's Intolleranza Debuts Despite Delays

February 22, 1965

An Exciting Concert-Groups, Circle, and Beethoven

March 5, 1965

Not Such Very New Music-Schoenberg's Violin Concerto and Joseph Silverstein

March 21, 1965

Schoenberg Concerto and Joseph Silverstein

March 27, 1965

First Performance-Ives Symphony No. 4 Played at Carnegie

April 27, 1965

But No Green Paint-Fiedler Given Great Ovation as Pops Returns to Symphony

April 28, 1965

Composer-Conductor-Music Not Philanthropy for Pierre Boulez

May 2, 1965

Zukofsky and Kalish Play Ives Sonatas

May 25, 1965

The Beatles, the Pulitzer, and Other Related Topics

June 20, 1965

Frager Plays Mozart as Festival Opens

July 3, 1965

Claude Frank Superb in Beethoven Work

July 5, 1965

Lohengrin Splendid Finale

August 23, 1965

Help! Loud, Inaudible, and Evidently Sexy

August 26, 1965

Opera in Concert-A Valid Undertaking for Symphony Groups

September 19, 1965

Organist Like Conductor-Powerless, Responsible

October 17, 1965

Britten Premiere With Rostropovich

October 23, 1965

Rostropovich Speaks-Mainly About Britten

October 31, 1965

Moscow Philharmonic-Kondrashin Conducts, Vishnevskaya Sings

November 2, 1965

Carter Double Concerto in Boston Premiere.

November 18, 1965

Serkin Masterful Beethoven Player

December 6, 1965

Handel's Messiah: For One Shaw From Another-One Serious Performance

December 12, 1965

More Mahler-Bernstein, Philharmonic Give Last Three Symphonies

December 19, 1965

Vishnevskaya Sings, Rostropovich Plays

December 21, 1965

1966

Beethoven-His Last Piano Sonata, Opus 111, Reconsidered

January 2, 1966

Martinon Conducts BSO in Beautiful Eroica

January 22, 1966

Beautiful Playing By a Legendary Pianist

January 25, 1966

Globe Critic Recommends [Stravinsky's Rite of Spring]

February 13, 1966

Neglected Masterpiece-Schumann's Interpretation of Goethe's Faust Tragedy

February 20, 1966

Schumann Faust-Scenes Are Sublime Experience

February 26, 1966

Webern and Isaac-Club 47 Concert Turns to Classics

February 28, 1966

At Old Opera House Farewell-Few Stars Among Met's "Ensemble of Stars"

April 24, 1966

Globe Critic Recommends [Mahler Symphony No. 4]

May 1, 1966

The Oratorio-Music for Voice

May 8, 1966

Goldberg By Leonhardt

May 15, 1966

Berlin and Broadway-Lotte Lenya Reminisces About Weill and Brecht

May 22, 1966

Guarneri Quartet: A Promising Group-But Doubts Remain

May 27, 1966

Clarity No Replacement for Color Or Contrasts

June 19, 1966

Boult Opens Tanglewood Auspiciously

July 9, 1966

Guarneri String Quartet-Superb Ensemble, Peerless Virtuosity

July 13, 1966

Sir Adrian Boult-English Conductor, 77, Reminisces at Tanglewood

July 17, 1966

Guarneri Quartet a Quintet for Brahms

July 26, 1966

Even Mrs. Stravinsky Boos-NY Philharmonic Wrecks Oedipus

July 27, 1966

Stravinsky Conducts Philharmonic-Inspiring Performance With His Own Music

July 31, 1966

Major and Minor-Schoenberg for the Man Who Likes Webern

August 7, 1966.

Composers Quartet Attains Distinction at Lenox

August 19, 1966

Handel's Opera Giulio Cesare Suffers From Tampering

October 4, 1966

Webern Festival-Fine Songs and Quartet in Posthumous Premieres

November 13, 1966

Moses and Aron-A Great Work Creditably Done

December 1, 1966

Brendel's Luminous Enchantment Dazzles

December 12, 1966

Vienna's Alfred Brendel-Pianist With Sense of Humor

December 18, 1966

1967

Carter's Concerto in Dramatic Debut

January 7, 1967

St. John Passion-A Stunning Version

January 15, 1967

Kubelik Conducts Great Mahler Ninth

January 21, 1967

Irving Fine On Record, Thanks to Brandeis

January 22, 1967

A Beautiful Winterreise

January 30, 1967

Extraordinary Mahler

February 5, 1967

Kubelik Chooses Exile to Privileges

Gertrude Schoenberg, 1898-1967-A Memoir

February 19, 1967

His Dedication Was Selfless-A Century of Toscanini

March 19, 1967

Stravinsky's Rake's Progress-Sarah Remembers With Affection

March 26, 1967

Mod Rake Bold, Fantastic

March 31, 1967

Cliburn-Great, But Could Do Better

April 3, 1967

Gustav Holst India Opera Remarkably Original Piece

April 5, 1967

Handel and Haydn's New Boss-Thomas Dunn, the Purist

April 16, 1967

Roland Hayes Verges On 80-Real Meaning of Great Man's Birthday

May 28, 1967

Roland Hayes Looks Back-"People Tell Me I Don't Realize What I Give"

June 1, 1967

Discovered: Wealth of Talent-Rewarding Day With Russian Music

June 4, 1967

Menuhin Uniquely Beautiful at Tanglewood

July 3, 1967

A Natural Sounding Tristan Und Isolde

July 9, 1967

Tribute to Monteverdi

July 16, 1967

Rosen's Debussy Bright

August 2, 1967

Beethoven's Original Fidelio Tanglewood Delight

August 7, 1967

Crisp Handel By Mann

September 17, 1967.

Pears and Britten-A Vigorous Schubert

October 1, 1967

French Charm Pervades Bernac, Poulenc's Album

October 8, 1967

Guarneri String Quartet-From Skillful to Marvelous

October 16, 1967

BSO's Leinsdorf Explains-Why Others Have Orchestra Problems

November 19, 1967

Leinsdorf Has a Good Point, Says Steinberg

December 11, 1967

Exciting Messiah Via Mozart

1968

The Music Guild Quartet-A Reader Writes, a Critic Answers

January 28, 1968

A Kind of Executive Partner-Role of the Accompanist

February 25, 1968

Bigger the Bang-The Art of Applauding

March 3, 1968

Emperor Given a Fresh Airing

March 23, 1968

For the Opera Company an Unexciting Season

March 31, 1968

Romantic Piano Style Lost?

April 5, 1968

Happy Maestro Steinberg Scoffs at "Interim" Talk

April 28, 1968

Harvard Student's Mozart Completion "Amazing"

May 20, 1968

Choice of Funeral Music Was Masterly

June 10, 1968

You Can't Have It Both Ways-Accept Approval, Reject Disapproval?

June 23, 1968

"Tempo" and "Character"-Are Beethoven, Others Heard Properly?

July 14, 1968

Is Beethoven's Tempo Too Fast?

July 21, 1968

Debussy-A Contemporary View

Original Beethoven Hardly Recognizable

July 28, 1968

Schumann "Premiere" By Frager, BSO First-Rate

August 6, 1968

Baker-Barbirolli, a Fine Partnership

August 25, 1968

Davis Conducts BSO Superbly

October 26, 1968

Leonhardt Harpsichord Master

October 29, 1968

Copland at His Best

November 3, 1968

History Aids Bach

November 10, 1968

Two Good Performances-The Year of Schoenberg

November 17, 1968

Beethoven in Puerto Rico-A Fellow Lecturer Sings Brendel's Praises

December 8, 1968

The Works of Elliott Carter-Where Drama and Music Intersect

December 22, 1968.

An A-Plus for Columbia.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-781022-5

0-19-781023-3

9780197810231

OCLC:

1570721627