Adolf Busch
Adolf Busch: The Life of an Honest Musician Tully Potter,
Publisher: Toccata Press
ISBN: 0907689507
Edition: Hardcover; 2008-12
Summary:
This is the first-ever full-length biography of the German violinist
and composer Adolf Busch (1891-1952). Leader of the legendary Busch
Quartet, Adolf Busch was for many the finest violinist of his day.
This monumental publication chronicles the first part of his life,
from his earliest days as a child prodigy in Westphalia, his meteoric
career as one of Germany's most thoughtful and expressive musicians,
his friendship with Max Reger and other composers, his foundation of
the Busch String Quartet, the concert tours which established a loyal
following in Britain, Italy and elsewhere, his refusal to perform in
Nazi Germany, to his emigration to the United States. Appendices
examine Busch as a teacher, his career in the recording studio, his
playing of the viola, his compositions, and much more. Two CDs
present a selection of unpublished Busch performances and another of
his compositions. Tully Potter has been working on his biography for
quarter of a century now, and his massive labour-of-love will rank
along the late Peter Heyworth's Klemperer biography as one of the
classics of its kind.
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