On Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 6:27:10 AM UTC-7, Mike Scott Rohan wrote:
Speaking of Goodall, his biography has just been reprinted in
paperback. I don't have my copy in front of me, but the details should
be on Amazon -- or I will provide them later.
Be prepared for trouble, though. One has to make very much the same allowances for Goodall as for Wagner. He was a Mosleyite in in the
1930s, although a thoroughly harmless one. He did briefly serve in the
army -- wholly uselessly -- in WWII. However, he remained a tetchy anti-semite in much the same mould. A harmless one, though, entirely
at home with Jewish artists and friends, and much beloved by them, old
crank as he was. That, though, helps to account for his neglect at
Covent Garden, especially during the Solti years, although Solti
himself ruled that Goodall should be kept on as a titular conductor,
and Goodall admired Solti's standards and efficiency. Anyhow, it's
well worth a read.
Cheers,
Mike
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