Splendid Encounters
	Splendid Encounters By Abraham Kaplan Memoirs of Collaborations, Interactions, and Conversations with Many of the Most Celebrated Musicians of the Twentieth Century. Price: Special Introductory Price: $13.45

Book Synopsis
From world premieres with Leonard Bernstein to a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration with Frank Sinatra at Madison Square Garden, Splendid Encounters offers a glimpse into two of the century’s most exciting decades of classical music. Renowned choral conductor Abraham Kaplan provides a fascinating look at his association with more than forty talented musicians who touched his life with their genius and accomplishments.

In some instances, Kaplan crossed paths with these musicians momentarily, and in other cases, he had the privilege of working intimately with some of the world’s great maestros. In all, Kaplan collaborated with twenty-eight world-renowned conductors, nine internationally famous composers, and other celebrated personalities—from William Schuman to Igor Stravinsky and Vincent Persichetti—whose vignettes are delivered in this compilation.

Splendid Encounters, stories of great musicians told by a great musician and storyteller, is both infectious and inspirational, and demonstrates that these legendary musicians are indeed real human beings. This music biography revives the living, breathing experiences of a generation of musical legends who should not be forgotten.

Table of Contents

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1. William Schuman
Chapter 2. Vincent Persichetti
Chapter 3. Leonard Bernstein
Chapter 4. Frank Sinatra
Chapter 5. Igor Stravinsky
Chapter 6. Aaron Copland
Chapter 7. Pierre Boulez
Chapter 8. Ernest & Suzanne Bloch
Chapter 9. Seiji Ozawa
Chapter 10. Leopold Stokowski
Chapter 11. Alfred Wallenstein
Chapter 12. Rafael Kubelik
Chapter 13. Darius Milhaud
Chapter 14. George Szell
Chapter 15. Skitch Henderson
Chapter 16. Th omas Schippers
Chapter 17. Neville Marriner
Chapter 18. Josef Krips
Chapter 19. Marian Anderson & Frank Miller
Chapter 20. Zoltán Kodály
Chapter 21. Gerard Schwarz
Chapter 22. Robert Starer
Chapter 23. Gershon Kingsley
Chapter 24. Jan Pierce
Chapter 25. William Steinberg
Chapter 26. Charles Munch
Chapter 27. Kurt Adler
Chapter 28. Martina Arroyo
Chapter 29. Hans Rehfuss
Chapter 30. Carlo Maria Giulini
Chapter 31. Zubin Mehta
Chapter 32. Joseph Szigeti
Chapter 33. Randall Thompson
Chapter 34. Lukas Foss
Chapter 35. Madeline Marshall
Chapter 36. Claudio Abbado
Chapter 37. Beverly Sills
Chapter 38. Karl Haas
Chapter 39. Georg Solti
Chapter 40. Erich Leinsdorf
Chapter 41. Shlomo Kaplan

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And Who the Hell Needs Him?

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