Harvey Sachs

Harvey Sachs, (born June 8, 1946) is an American-Canadian 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, and the definitive biography of Arthur Rubinstein.
* "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.

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 which include "The New Yorker," "The New York Times" and the "Wall Street Journal", record companies which include Deutsche Grammophon and RCA/BMG, and many radio and television programs.