I can't get to sleep—too much accumulated tension—so instead I'm rereading John Canarina's excellent 2003 biography of Pierre Monteux, one of my favorite conductors. (I've no idea why, but I've always found it relaxing to read detail-crammed biographies of classical performers.)
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Replying to @TerryTeachout1
Are you as fond as I am of Artur Rubinstein's MY YOUNG YEARS? I doubt whether there's a more entertaining and memorable memoir of any great artist's misspent youth. I can't count the number of times I've read it, over the years.
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Replying to @MathPrinceps
I am indeed, MUCH more so I am of the sequel, about which I wrote quite sharply in this 1996
@Commentary essay about Rubinstein. I fear his character doesn't hold up well to close inspection:https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/whatever-happened-to-arthur-rubinstein/ …1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
Well, of course the sequel was disappointing. And of course Rubinstein was never the man he imagined himself to have been. But what a storyteller! Perhaps a great artist is always something of a charlatan - or at any rate an illusionist. Perhaps it's magic we crave, above all.
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