Unrepentant Ego

by Prather, Marla; Kuspit, Donald B.; Whitney Museum of American Art

• ISBN13: 9780874271379
• ISBN10: 0874271371
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Whitney Museum of Art

Summary

Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall, new home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, will be one of the most acoustically sophisticated concert halls in the world. This book traces the history of the hall from its inception through the completion of the building.

Author Biography

Esa-Pekka Salonen is music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Carol McMichael Reese is associate professor of architecture at Tulane University. Dana Hutt is director of Architectural Documentation and Special projects at Art Center College of Design. Richard Koshalek is president of Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
The Impossible Becomes Possible: The Making of Walt Disney Concert Hall	p. 35
All Shiny and New: Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Rehabilitation of Downtown Los Angeles	p. 67
A Barge with Billowing Sails	p. 115
Variations and Traditions: Classical Music in the Twenty-First Century	p. 145
Acknowledgments	p. 162
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