About the Author

Joseph Horowitz was music critic of the New York Times from 1976 to 1980. Since 1981, he has been program editor for the Kaufmann Concert Hall of the 92nd Street Y, where he also serves as artistic advisor for the annual Schubertiade. As artisitic advisor to the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra since 1992, he has planned thematically integrated festivals at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. His previous books include Conversations with Arrau, winner of an ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award; and The Ivory Trade: Piano Competitions and the Business of Music.

Reviews

"A major achievement, the kind of detailed case-study of the role of serious music in a popular culture that has never been attempted before."--Richard Dyer, "Boston Globe