Liszt in Germany 1840-1845 A Study in Sources, Documents and the History of Reception |
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| Author:
| Saffle, Michael |
| ISBN: | 978-0-945193-39-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1994 |
| Publisher: | Pendragon Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $109.95AUD $92.00 |
Book Description:
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This work traces the composer's German tours from Leipzig and Dresden to major cities like Munich and Berlin and to such out-of-the-way places as Rolandseck Solingen Liegnitz Jena and Ludwigsburg. Cited or paraphrased in the text are quotations from more than 2,000 sources many of them new to Liszt scholarship. Separate chapters are devoted to Liszt's reception by German critics and to the German compositions Liszt completed for voice male chorus and piano during these tours. The book...
More DescriptionThis work traces the composer's German tours from Leipzig and Dresden to major cities like Munich and Berlin and to such out-of-the-way places as Rolandseck Solingen Liegnitz Jena and Ludwigsburg. Cited or paraphrased in the text are quotations from more than 2,000 sources many of them new to Liszt scholarship. Separate chapters are devoted to Liszt's reception by German critics and to the German compositions Liszt completed for voice male chorus and piano during these tours. The book concludes with a listing of all Liszt's German concerts and with translations of fifteen especially lengthy and interesting reviews.