Reflections on LisztIn a series of lively essays that tell us much not only about the phenomenon that was Franz Liszt but also about the musical and cultural life of nineteenth-century Europe, Alan Walker muses on aspects of Liszt's life and work that he was unable to explore in his acclaimed three-volume biography of the great composer and pianist. Topics include Liszt's contributions to the Lied, the lifelong impact of his encounter with Beethoven, his influence on students who became famous in their own right, his accomplishments in transcribing and editing the works of other composers, and his innovative piano technique. One chapter is devoted to the Sonata in B Minor, perhaps Liszt's single most celebrated composition. Walker draws heavily on Liszt's astonishingly large personal correspondence with other composers, critics, pianists, and prominent public figures. All the essays reveal Walker's broad and deep knowledge of Liszt and Romantic music generally and, in some cases, his impatience with contemporary performance practice. |
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Alan Walker. For Valerie Tryon, whose peerless interpretations of the music of Franz Liszt have spoiled many another pianist for me Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue 10. 1. Beethoven's Weihekuss.
... Lied 8. Liszt as Editor 9. Liszt's Technical Studies: Some Thoughts and Afterthoughts Liszt the Writer: On Music and Musicians Epilogue: An Open Letter to Franz Liszt Sources 8. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 16. 17. Illustrations 1.
... Franz Liszt. 5. The manuscript first page of Schumann's C Major Fantasie, op. 17, with its original title “Ruinen ... Franz Liszt's edition of the Beethoven sonatas, 1857. The title page of Franz Liszt's edition of Schubert's impromptus ...
... Franz Liszt.1 Voltaire once reminded us, “If you would be dull, tell all.”My Liszt biography spanned more than 1, 600 pages; even so, in consequence of Voltaire's injunction, it remained highly compressed. Such was the variety of ...
... Franz Liszt. They are still underappreciated by scholars. 3. This, at any rate, is the conservative estimate provided by Charles Suttoni in his authoritative Liszt Correspondence in Print: An Expanded, Annotated Bibliography, 2nd ed ...
Contents
Liszt and the Schubert Song Transcriptions | |
A Study in Declining | |
Three Character Sketches | |
Liszts Sonata in B Minor | |
Liszt and the Lied | |
Liszt as Editor | |
Some Thoughts and Afterthoughts | |
On Music and Musicians | |
An Open Letter to Franz Liszt | |
Sources | |