The Harold Rosenbaum Cookbook: A Maestro's Recipe for a
Good Life
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A Musical Legend Inspires the WorldHarold Rosenbaum is one of the most revered choral conductors of our time and founder of The New York Virtuoso Singers. Surviving a difficult childhood and tragedy, he continues to inspire singers and audiences around the world.What is the secret of his famous energy, enthusiasm and joy?A combination of diet, a higher purpose and a philosophy of leading with love -- all of which he reveals in this remarkable Cookbook. Discover how to stir up some magic in your own life.Rosenbaum is an indefatigable engine of productivity -- founding and running professional, amateur and community choral groups commissioning and championing new composers teaching and guiding generations of conductors and singers since the 1970s. And in his eighth decade, he remains formidable physically and mentally, accelerating rather than the opposite.How does he do it? What is the formula?Battling an excruciating health condition in his twenties, Harold desperately adopted a diet championed by Austrian physician Arnold Ehret. The diet is by any measure extreme: only fruits and vegetables (including sprouts), consumed in a specific order, with no animal products. Beyond veganism, it's sometimes called "vitrianism."Harold credits it with astonishing anti-inflammatory and life-extending powers.One of the aims of this book is to present a compelling case for this kind of regimen and a recipe-rich case study on how to make it work.But diet is only one element in the
Harold Rosenbaum Cookbook -- because it is truly a cookbook for Living.Much of Harold's infectious energy comes from his obvious enthusiasm for a specialized art form: classical choral music. His journey was not easy. It started in Pennsylvania, the Bronx and Queens in an overpopulated home with a rotating cast of foster siblings and then Queens College and a shift to forming choral groups in Manhattan. Often without money or even encouragement, Harold was impelled by the mysterious mission that has motivated his life: to bring voices and audiences together.The book presents Harold's life story not in an encyclopedic but an exploratory way. His is in many ways a story of success against magnificent odds and can be a lesson to many of us -- that is, to all of us -- who struggle to keep motivated.We present the specific ways that Harold -- whether consciously or by instinct -- persists where others could not. He does not look back but forward. He leads with momentum, moving multiple years and projects at once. He assumes people are doing their best and uses encouragement rather than negative language. His "postive attitude"is not assumed but driven by a compulsion toward the higher good or goal.The book is based on interviews with Harold and other research and is divided into three parts:(1) Harold's Story -where he came from and where he's still going ... and what happened along the way.(2) Diet &Lifestyle -- the secrets of vitarian living and its benefits other elements including sleep and minimization of toxins. This section includes a number of recipes provided by Harold's wife Edie.(3) Harold At Work -- a picture (with pictures) of the man at work. How he approaches leadership and coaching, conducting, mentoring and teaching. What his days are like now and in the past. How he keeps the engine running, deals with difficult people and coaxes the best out of his teams.Ultimately, the goal of the book is to present the portrait of an inspiring artist whose method of living holds lessons for us all, from the inside out.