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Zubin Mehta: A Life In Music by Bakhtiar K. Dadabhoy
A definitive account of one of the world's best-known Conductors and a veritable rockstar in the world of Western Classical music. An authorized biography that spans the life and times of Zubin Mehta - A thoroughly researched and sensitively written book, it is a classic in the making. This book also serves as a guide to contemporary biographical writing - Aspiring biographers will be doing the written word a favour by taking a leaf out of Dadabhoy's latest offering.
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April 28, 2025
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I took my own sweet time to finish this book!!
It's not exactly a topic that I am aware of, and frankly, the interest on Zubin was more academic than musical. Hence I had difficulty understanding the content when it came to operas and symphonies. The author states that this book is for the layman, however, I still found some parts of the book difficult to move on. There was a learning curve, had to continuously google search the different persons mentioned in the book.
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I should commend the author on doing such a thorough job in researching and compiling facts when writing this book. Hats off to his research and dedication.
Overall, I want to emphasize that the book was a difficult read for me, not because of any fault of the author, rather the topic was something quite alien to me. I have never heard any symphonies except for some popular short clips (5 mins max.) of Mozart, Dvorak or Bach.
Planning to explore this domain in the coming years!!
I took my own sweet time to finish this book!!
It's not exactly a topic that I am aware of, and frankly, the interest on Zubin was more academic than musical. Hence I had difficulty understanding the content when it came to operas and symphonies. The author states that this book is for the layman, however, I still found some parts of the book difficult to move on. There was a learning curve, had to continuously google search the different persons mentioned in the book.
Author
I should commend the author on doing such a thorough job in researching and compiling facts when writing this book. Hats off to his research and dedication.
Overall, I want to emphasize that the book was a difficult read for me, not because of any fault of the author, rather the topic was something quite alien to me. I have never heard any symphonies except for some popular short clips (5 mins max.) of Mozart, Dvorak or Bach.
Planning to explore this domain in the coming years!!
October 23, 2021
Written in schoolboy English, this is an avoidable biography of Zubin Mehta. Tortuous sentences present a ton of facts, the latter being its only redeeming quality.
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