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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... later thought it better not to disclose. In sheer bulk, then, Liszt's epistolary legacy is astounding. His letters are the autobiography that he claimed he never had the time to write. That is why his correspondence is proving to be by ...
... later ones. He saved everything, although as a result of his itinerant lifestyle some worthy items were lost. Unlike Brahms, he would never knowingly have made a bonfire of his earlier manuscripts. The result is a fascinating glimpse ...
... later by the same journal: 46 (1999). 4. WLLM, p. 213. 5. KE, pp. 31–32. 6. The first followed the death of his father, Adam Liszt, in the summer of 1827. After composing a brief “Marche funèbre” on August 30, the day after the funeral ...
... later modified some that concern Liszt. (We have set them in square brackets to indicate that their removal has no bearing on the question of the Weihekuss.) The following entry was written in the first part of April 1823, a few days ...
... Later biographers now not only had a picture but an “official” text to go with it (they knew that Liszt had granted Ramann personal interviews to help her with her work, and they therefore assumed that her account of the story of the ...
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 | |