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The Price of Genius
April Fitzlyon
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Paperback. Pauline Garcia Viardot, the daughter of the famous singer and composer Manuel Garcia and younger sister of the celebrated Malibran, was a singer of genius and a woman of outstanding intellect. The first biography of Viardot not only recreates the drama of the prima donna's own life, but perfectly captures the scintillating brilliance of nineteenth- Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 136 x 31. Weight in Grams: 558.
Pauline García Viardot, the daughter of the famous singer and composer Manuel García and younger sister of the celebrated Malibran, was a singer of genius and a woman of outstanding intellect. The first biography of Viardot not only recreates the drama of the prima donna’s own life, but perfectly captures the scintillating brilliance of nineteenth-century artistic life: the colourful and diverse personalities of the Musset brothers, Chopin, George Sand, Meyerbeer, Berlioz, Gounod and Saint-Saëns move in and out of Viardot’s life. In 1843 Madame Viardot met the young Ivan Turgenev. From their first meeting until his death in 1883, he ... Read more
Pauline García Viardot, the daughter of the famous singer and composer Manuel García and younger sister of the celebrated Malibran, was a singer of genius and a woman of outstanding intellect. The first biography of Viardot not only recreates the drama of the prima donna’s own life, but perfectly captures the scintillating brilliance of nineteenth-century artistic life: the colourful and diverse personalities of the Musset brothers, Chopin, George Sand, Meyerbeer, Berlioz, Gounod and Saint-Saëns move in and out of Viardot’s life. In 1843 Madame Viardot met the young Ivan Turgenev. From their first meeting until his death in 1883, he ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oneworld Classics Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
532
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780714543710
SKU
V9780714543710
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About April Fitzlyon
April Fitzlyon was a scholar and translator from French and Russian, and the author of several musical biographies.
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