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In Reply to: RE: Re: Klemperer in Pittsburgh posted by tlyyra on May 22, 2007 at 11:56:38:
You are correct, it is the Peter Heyworth biography. I have mainly browsed rather than read it, although there is much of interest, and it seems well written.
With regard to Pittsbirgh, there is not a ton of material - apparently, the Pittsurgh orchestra was moribund from 1927, and Klemperer participated in reconstituting the orchestra, including hiring members of the orchestra. He conducted an inaugural concert, and was offered the post of music director at a handsome salary. He declined it, eventually, and the orhestra hired Reiner instead.
Taken together, I would say the claim is very reasonable, even though there were likely community members who were the main drivers. It is certainly a fair guess that it would not have had the quality that it had, and (perhaps) without his recruiting efforts, they would not have been able to hire as fine a conductor as Reiner.
Curiously, Klemperer seems to have been pretty popular with orchestras even though he was not an easy man to deal with (he battled depression for much of his life, not to mention many of the other tribulations he faced, such as being a refuge, and be classed as a communist)
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