Liszt as Transcriber by Jonathan Kregor
Franz Liszt's colleagues considered him to be one of the most accomplished and innovative practitioners in the field of musical reproduction, a reputation for which he is still admired today. Yet, while his transcriptions are widely performed, few studies have investigated the role that transcriptions played in Liszt's artistry, to say nothing of the impact they had on the music-making experience of his day. Using a host of interdisciplinary methods and primary source materials, this book provides a comprehensive survey of Liszt's lifelong involvement with the transcription, in which he assumed the roles of composer, collaborator, propagandist, commemorator, philosopher, and artist while simultaneously disseminating - often critically - the music of Beethoven, Berlioz, Schubert, Wagner, and other eighteenth- and nineteenth-century composers. By recognizing transcription as an extraordinarily flexible tool for Liszt and his contemporaries, Liszt as Transcriber provides numerous musical, cultural, and historical contexts for this fundamentally important practice of the period.
Review of the hardback: 'An excellent new book..' The New York Review of Books
Kregor, Jonathan: - Jonathan Kregor is Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music. He is the author of Liszt as Transcriber (Cambridge University Press, 2010), winner of the inaugural Alan Walker Book Award from the American Liszt Society, as well as articles and reviews in numerous academic journals. Since 2012 he has been editor of the Journal of the American Liszt Society. His research interests in musical reproduction, confluences of virtuosity and gender, and music and memory have led to critical editions of works by C. P. E. Bach and Clara Schumann.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781107411388 |
| ISBN 10 | 1107411386 |
| Title | Liszt as Transcriber |
| Author | Jonathan Kregor |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2012-10-25 |
| Number of pages | 314 |
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