Books
In 1955, Oxford University Press published "I Am a Conductor" by Munch in a translation by Leonard Burkat. It was originally issued in 1954 in French as "Je suis chef d'orchestre." The work is a collection of Munch's thoughts on conducting and the role of a conductor.
D. Kern Holoman wrote Munch's first biography in English, "Charles Munch." It was published by Oxford University Press in 2011.
Read more about this topic: Charles Munch (conductor)
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