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10%OFFAlan Walker - Franz Liszt, Vol. 2: The Weimar Years, 1848-1861 - 9780801497216 - V9780801497216
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Franz Liszt, Vol. 2: The Weimar Years, 1848-1861

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Description for Franz Liszt, Vol. 2: The Weimar Years, 1848-1861 Paperback. Num Pages: 656 pages, 130. BIC Classification: 3JH; AVGC4; AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 928. The Weimar Years, 1848-61. 656 pages, 28 b&w illustrations, 2 maps, 100 musical examples. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 3JH; AVGC4; AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 39. Weight: 910.

The second volume in Alan Walker's magisterial biography of Franz Liszt.

"You can't help but keep turning the pages, wondering how it will all turn out: and Walker's accumulated readings of Liszt's music have to be taken seriously indeed."—D. Kern Holoman, New York Review of Books

"A conscientious scholar passionate about his subject. Mr. Walker makes the man and his age come to life. These three volumes will be the definitive work to which all subsequent Liszt biographies will aspire."—Harold C. Schonberg, Wall Street Journal

"What distinguishes Walker from Liszt's dozens of earlier biographers is that he is equally strong ... Read more

"The prose is so lively that the reader is often swept along by the narrative. . . . This three-part work . . . is now the definitive work on Liszt in English and belongs in all music collections."—Library Journal

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
Number of Pages
656
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801497216
SKU
V9780801497216
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
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99-1

About Alan Walker
Alan Walker is Professor Emeritus of Music at McMaster University, Canada, and author of numerous books, including The Death of Franz Liszt Based on the Unpublished Diary of His Pupil Lina Schmalhausen; Franz Liszt: The Virtuoso Years, 1811–1847 (volume 1); The Weimar Years, 1848–1861 (volume 2); and The Final Years, 1861–1886 (volume 3), all from Cornell, and Hans Von Bülow: ... Read more

Reviews for Franz Liszt, Vol. 2: The Weimar Years, 1848-1861
"Alan Walker's biography of Liszt ... has been widely hailed as a groundbreaking work of scholarship... Not only did his dogged research correct numerous, mostly damaging preconceptions aobut Liszt, but his cogent musical analyses made the case for the importance of the music... Love him or hate him as a saint or a sinner, Liszt still has the capacity to ... Read more

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