About the book: 1981 / Herbert von Karajan is a famous Austrian conductor, one of the largest representatives of world musical culture. In the monographic study, the author talks about Karajan's creative activity against the background of his biography, talks about the most important events in his life, about the organization of the international Karajan competition, about the history of the West Berlin Symphony Orchestra, whose permanent director over the past decades has been Herbert von Karajan. The book opens with an introductory article by one of the leading Soviet musicologists, Doctor of Art History I. F. Belza. TRANSLATION FROM ENGLISH Artist S.E. Barabash Commentary by V.N. Serebryakova Editorial office of literary criticism, art history and linguistics © Introductory article, translation, commentary “Progress”», 1980