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Budapest: City of Music (Armchair Traveller)
Nicholas Clapton
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Description for Budapest: City of Music (Armchair Traveller)
Paperback. Series: Armchair Traveller. BIC Classification: 1DVH; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Singer Nicholas Clapton first visited Budapest to record a recently discovered mass by an almost unknown eighteenth-century Hungarian composer. There, he discovered a striking sense of otherness in spite of Hungary s central geographical and cultural position within Europe. And with that, a deep passion for the city was born. Budapest offers an engaging and affectionate look at this beautiful capital from the perspective of a musician who lived and worked there for many years. With rich musical traditions, both classical and folk, and possessing a language like almost no other, Hungary is in the process of abandoning the ... Read more
Singer Nicholas Clapton first visited Budapest to record a recently discovered mass by an almost unknown eighteenth-century Hungarian composer. There, he discovered a striking sense of otherness in spite of Hungary s central geographical and cultural position within Europe. And with that, a deep passion for the city was born. Budapest offers an engaging and affectionate look at this beautiful capital from the perspective of a musician who lived and worked there for many years. With rich musical traditions, both classical and folk, and possessing a language like almost no other, Hungary is in the process of abandoning the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Armchair Traveller
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909961364
SKU
V9781909961364
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Ref
99-5
About Nicholas Clapton
Nicholas Clapton is a singer, writer, broadcaster, and teacher living in the United Kingdom. He is the author of Moreschi and the Voice of the Castrato, also published by Haus Publishing.
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