The musician's world : letters of the great composers / edited by Hans Gal.
| Other author/creator | Gál, Hans, 1890-1987. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | 1st paperback edition. |
| Publication Info | London : Thames and Hudson, 1978, ©1965. |
| Description | 462 pages ; 23 cm |
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| Contents | Part one. Sixteenth to nineteenth century. Renaissance and Baroque: from Lasso to Bach. Lasso ; Monteverdi ; Schutz ; Lully ; Rameau ; Handel ; Bach -- Vienna classics: from Gluck to Beethoven. Gluck ; Haydn ; Mozart ; Beethoven -- Romantic twilight: from Schubert to Schumann. Schubert ; Weber ; Lortzing ; Mendelssohn ; Schumann -- The capital of Europe: from Chopin to Bizet. Chopin ; Berlioz ; Liszt ; Bizet -- Part two. Nineteenth to twentieth century. Bel canto: from Rossini to Verdi. Rossini ; Donizetti ; Bellini ; Verdi -- Conflicting ideals: from Wagner to Wolf. Wagner ; Brahms ; Bruckner ; Wolf -- The Slavonic spring tide: from Smetana to Tchaikovsky. Smetana ; Dvorak ; Mussorgsky ; Balakirev ; Rimsky-Korsakov ; Borodin ; Stassov ; Tchaikovsky -- The world of yesterday: from Mahler to Schonberg. Mahler ; Strauss ; Grieg ; Faure ; Debussy ; Ravel ; Elgar ; Holst ; Vaughan Williams ; Puccini ; Janacek ; Bartok ; Schonberg ; Wolf-Ferrari. |
| Abstract | The letters of fifty great composers, spanning a period from the end of the Renaissance in Italy to the middle of this century, are reproduced in this book. Selected by the editor for their insight into the mind and art of each composer, they form a moving and sympthetic history of the successes and failures, loves and tragedies, illnesses, rages, foibles, and weaknesses of the men who have dictated the course of Western music. The letters he has chosen include examples of the well-known literary prowess of Mozart, Mendelssohn and Berlioz, and also the fascinating selection of more personal material: the heart-searching of Beethoven; Bellini's persecution complex; Brahms' uncompromising self-criticism; Janacek on his deafness, and astonising confessions by Richard Strauss. |
| General note | Reprint of the 1965 ed. published by Arco Pub. Co. under the title: The musician's world: great composers in their letters. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical refereces (pages 453-455) and index. |
| LCCN | 78053976 |
| ISBN | 0500271305 |
| ISBN | 9780500271308 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML390 .M86 1978 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |