Franz Liszt : musician, celebrity, superstar / Oliver Hilmes ; translation, Stewart Spencer.
Franz Liszt : musician, celebrity, superstar / Oliver Hilmes ; translation, Stewart Spencer.
Franz Liszt : musician, celebrity, superstar / Oliver Hilmes ; translation, Stewart Spencer.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2016.
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G 2017/6527
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Language
English
German
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiii, 353 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Childhood and adolescence (1811-27) -- Rehearsing and studying (1827-35) -- Annâees de páelerinage (1835-9) -- Living like a Lord (1839-47) -- Weimar (1847-61) -- Rome (1861-8) -- La vie trifurquâee (1869-86) -- Postlude.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2016.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
2016.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was an anomaly. A virtuoso pianist and electrifying showman, he toured extensively throughout the European continent, bringing sold-out audiences to states of ecstasy while courting scandal with his frequent womanizing. Drawing on new, highly revealing documentary sources, including a veritable treasure tr...
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Full title
Franz Liszt : musician, celebrity, superstar / Oliver Hilmes ; translation, Stewart Spencer.
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"Originally published under the title Franz Liszt: Biographie eines Superstars by Oliver Hilmes © 2011 By Siedler Verlag, a division of Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH, Munich."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-339) and index.
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Translated from the German.
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©2016
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G 2017/6527
Record Identifier
74VKVGzXKgLd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGzXKgLd
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ISBN
0300182937
9780300182934 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
DDC
780.92 B
MMS ID
991024152503202626
