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Lies and Epiphanies (Eastman Studies in Music)
Chris Walton
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Description for Lies and Epiphanies (Eastman Studies in Music)
Hardcover. Presents case studies of "inspiration" in five composers -- Wagner, Mahler, Furtwangler, R. Strauss, and Berg -- examining how the supposedly extrarational world of creative inspiration intersects with the highly rational world of money and politics. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 180 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 13 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; AVA; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Presents case studies of "inspiration" in five composers -- Wagner, Mahler, Furtwängler, R. Strauss, and Berg -- examining how the supposedly extrarational world of creative inspiration intersects with the highly rational world ofmoney and politics. Lies and Epiphanies offers case studies of "inspiration" in five composers -- Richard Wagner, Gustav Mahler, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Richard Strauss, and Alban Berg. Their own tales of their epiphanies played a determining role in the reception history of their works: the finale of Mahler's Second Symphony was supposedly born of a "lightning bolt" of inspiration at the funeral of Hans von Bülow, while Alban ... Read more
Presents case studies of "inspiration" in five composers -- Wagner, Mahler, Furtwängler, R. Strauss, and Berg -- examining how the supposedly extrarational world of creative inspiration intersects with the highly rational world ofmoney and politics. Lies and Epiphanies offers case studies of "inspiration" in five composers -- Richard Wagner, Gustav Mahler, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Richard Strauss, and Alban Berg. Their own tales of their epiphanies played a determining role in the reception history of their works: the finale of Mahler's Second Symphony was supposedly born of a "lightning bolt" of inspiration at the funeral of Hans von Bülow, while Alban ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
422g
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781580464772
SKU
V9781580464772
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About Chris Walton
Chris Walton studied at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Zurich and Munich. He was head of the Music Department of the Zentralbibliothek Zürich for ten years before being appointed chair of music at the University of Pretoria. He moved back to Switzerland in 2008 and lives today in Solothurn. He is an Honorary Professor at Africa Open Institute (Stellenbosch University) ... Read more
Reviews for Lies and Epiphanies (Eastman Studies in Music)
Well-cited, the book reads like a crime novel, and each of the five accounts is told as a story . . . Walton delves into the field of inspiration and influence, inherently muddy with speculation, clad with the best possible armor of research and inquiry.
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An illuminating read where one is transported back to ... Read more
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