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Harvey Sachs, (born Cleveland, Ohio, June 8, 1946) is an American-Canadian-Swiss writer who has written many books on musical subjects.

His books include the standard biography of and a book of essays on the Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini, plus an edited collection of Toscanini's letters.
  • Toscanini, Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1978.
  • Reflections on Toscanini, New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991.
  • The Letters of Arturo Toscanini, ed., New York: Knopf, 2002.
Sachs has also written books on great musical virtuosi, a history of music in Italy during the fascist period, the definitive biography of Arthur Rubinstein, and, most recently, a book on Beethoven's Ninth Symphony that is part cultural history, part musical description, and part personal memoir.
  • Virtuoso, London, New York: Thames & Hudson, 1982.
  • Music in Fascist Italy, New York: W. W. Norton, 1988.
  • Rubinstein: A Life, New York: Grove Press, 1995.
  • The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824, New York: Random House, 2010.
Sachs co-authored the memoirs of Plácido Domingo and Sir Georg Solti.
  • Domingo, Plácido, My First Forty Years, New York: Knopf, 1983.
  • Solti, Georg, Memoirs, New York: Knopf, 1997.
Harvey Sachs has written over 600 articles and other pieces for periodicals that include The New Yorker, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Times [London] Literary Supplement; record companies that include Deutsche Grammophon and RCA/BMG; and many radio and television programs. His most recent job for television has been co-authoring (with director Larry Weinstein) the Ideale-Audience production, "Toscanini in His Own Words", was shown by BBC, Arte, and other major networks worldwide in 2009.

Sachs lived in Europe for more than 30 years, mostly in Italy but also in England and Switzerland. From 2004 to 2006 he was Artistic Director of the Societa' del Quartetto di Milano, Italy's oldest extant and most prestigious concert society. He currently lives in New York City.

Since May 2008 he has had a blog on the ArtsJournal.com website; see www.ArtsJournal.com/Overflow. He also edits the online Articles & Essays column for the OREL Foundation (www.orelfoundation.org), which is dedicated to promoting music by composers who were suppressed under the Nazi and related regimes.

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Total Books: 26
Schoenberg Why He Matters
2023 - Schoenberg Why He Matters (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781631497575
ISBN-10: 163149757X
Genres: Arts & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, History
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Ten Masterpieces of Music
2021 - Ten Masterpieces of Music (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781631495182
ISBN-10: 1631495186
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Humor & Entertainment
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Toscanini Musician of Conscience
2017 - Toscanini Musician of Conscience (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781631492716
ISBN-10: 1631492713
Genres: Arts & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, Humor & Entertainment
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The Ninth Beethoven and the World in 1824
2011 - The Ninth Beethoven and the World in 1824 (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780812969078
ISBN-10: 0812969073
Genres: History, Humor & Entertainment
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The Ninth
2007 - The Ninth (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780571221462
ISBN-10: 0571221467
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Solti on Solti
1998 - Solti on Solti (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780099268420
ISBN-10: 0099268426
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Rubinstein  A Life
1998 - Rubinstein a Life (Audio Cassette)
ISBN-13: 9780736641227
ISBN-10: 073664122X
Genre: General
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Reflections On Toscanini
1997 - Reflections on Toscanini (Audio Cassette)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780736636674
ISBN-10: 0736636676
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Arthur Rubinstein A Life
1997 - Arthur Rubinstein a Life (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781857998870
ISBN-10: 1857998871
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Rubinstein A Life in Music
1995 - Rubinstein a Life in Music (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780802115799
ISBN-10: 0802115799
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Humor & Entertainment
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Toscanini
1995 - Toscanini (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780761501374
ISBN-10: 0761501371
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Humor & Entertainment
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Music in Fascist Italy
Music in Fascist Italy (Hardcover)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780297790044
ISBN-10: 0297790048
Genre: Humor & Entertainment
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