Settling scores
When Harvard acquired the archives of the late conductor Georg Solti in May, the Loeb Music Library had many reasons to celebrate. Solti, a Hungarian best known for conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, is widely regarded as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, earning the record for most Grammy Awards before his death in 1997. But as the musicians and scholars from Harvard and Greater Boston who gathered at the Loeb Music Library on Wednesday (Oct. 26) would attest, the archives are much more than a boon for historians. They also represent an insight into the art and science of conducting, thanks to Solti’s extensive and meticulous notetaking on his many scores. “He loved to share what he was doing,” said Lady Solti (left), “and the thought that these scores would be shared with young people, with young musicians, and eventually with musicians all over the world, that would have...