Franz Liszt: the Weimar Years 1848-1861 by Alan Walker

Franz Liszt: the Weimar Years 1848-1861 by Alan Walker

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This second part of a three-volume biography covers the middle period of Liszt's life when he took charge of the orchestra and Opera House at Weimar, and when he wrote many of his greatest works. Alan Walker uses both contemporary sources and previously unpublished letters.

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Franz Liszt: the Weimar Years 1848-1861 by Alan Walker

The second part of a three volume biography, which covers the middle period of Liszt's life when he took charge of the orchestra and Opera House at Weimar. At this time he wrote many of his greatest works, and was the champion of his contemporaries Berlioz and Wagner. His private life during these years was dominated by Princess Carolyne von Sayn-Wittgenstein. Alan Walker uses both contemporary sources and previously unpublished letters. Walker was awarded the Commemorative Plaque of the Budapest Liszt Society in 1980. "Franz Liszt: Volume 1" was the winner of the James Tait Black Award for the best biography and the 1983 "Yorkshire Post" Music Book of the Year.
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ISBN 13 9780571172153
ISBN 10 0571172156
Titre Franz Liszt: the Weimar Years 1848-1861
Auteur Alan Walker
État Non disponible
Type de reliure Paperback
Éditeur Faber & Faber
Année de publication 1994-10-04
Nombre de pages 632
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