The President's Pianist: My Term with Truman and My Life in Music
The President's Pianist: My Term with Truman and My Life in Music
He performed with many of the leading musicians of the 20th century, including acclaimed singers like Todd Duncan, Elena Nikolaidi, and Katharine Hansel, and renowned composers and conductors like Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Leopold Stokowski, and Igor Stravinksy.
Manos also played for some of the century's top political leaders: President Truman, his family, and inner circle, Eleanor Roosevelt, Princess Elizabeth and Prince Charles and Princess Diana of England, and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India. This book will delight all who love music and who wish to learn more about the personal and musical side of President Truman and of many of the 20th century's greatest classical musicians.
Author: George Manos
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 05/23/2008
Pages: 120
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d
ISBN: 9780595487165
Review Citation(s):
Foreword 08/21/2009
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