Hans Von Bülow
A Life and Times
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 5 November 2009
- ISBN 9780195368680
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages544 pages
- Size 163x236x40 mm
- Weight 907 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 70 half tone, 1 line illustration 0
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Short description:
Hans von Bülow's career unfolded in at least six directions simultaneously. He was a renowned concert pianist; the first virtuoso orchestral conductor; a respected (and sometimes feared) teacher; an influential editor of works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Chopin, and above all of Beethoven, in the performance of whose music he had no rival; a scourge as a music critic; and lastly, he was himself also a composer of music. In Hans von Bülow: A Life and Times, Alan Walker, the acclaimed author of numerous award-winning books on the era's iconic composers, provides the first full-length English biography of this remarkable musical figure.
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Hans von Bülow is a key figure in 19th century music whose career path was as broad as it was successful. Music history's first virtuoso orchestral conductor, Bülow created the model for the profession-both in musical brilliance and in domineering personality-which still holds forth today. He was an eminent and renowned concert pianist, a respected (and often feared) teacher and music critic, an influential editor of works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Chopin, and Beethoven, and a composer in a variety of musical genres. As a student and son-in-law of Franz Liszt, and estranged friend of Richard Wagner (for whom his wife Cosima famously left him), Bülow is intricately connected with the canonical greats of the period. Yet despite his critical and lasting importance for orchestral music, Bülow's life and significant achievements have yet to be heralded in biographical form.
In Hans von Bülow: A Life and Times, Alan Walker, the acclaimed author of numerous award-winning books on the era's iconic composers, provides the first full-length English biography of this remarkable musical figure. Walker traces Bülow's life in illuminating and engaging detail, from the first piano lessons of his boyhood days, to his first American tour, to his last days as conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic. Unearthing Bülow's extensive and previously unavailable correspondence and writings, Walker conveys amusing and informative anecdotes about this unique musical legend- from his sardonic and clever personality to his meticulous devotion to his work-and reveals enlightening insights on the still-contested sensibilities of musical-compositional style and "idea" at play in the vibrant musical world of which Bülow was a part.
provides a fascinating study of a man who intersected with all the great musicians of his day...engaging, well-written book
Table of Contents:
Illustrations
The Bülow Chronicles
Bülow's Family Tree
Prologue
From Alpha to Omega
Bülow's Family Background
BOOK ONE: ON THE SLOPES OF PARNASSUS, 1830-1869
The Early Years
With Liszt in Weimar
The Growing Virtuoso. 1853-1855
Berlin, 1855-64 I: A City of Mingled Chimes
Berlin, 1855-64 II: Marriage to Cosima
Catastrophe in Munich, 1864-69
BOOK TWO: ASCENDING THE PEAK, 1870-1880
Bülow in Florence
First Tours of Britain - and Beyond, 1873-1875
The First Tour of America, 1875-76
A Scottish Interlude, 1877-78
At Hanover, 1877-79
Britannia Scorned, 1878-1879
BOOK THREE: VISTAS FROM THE SUMMIT, 1880-1894
The Meiningen Years, 1880-1885 I: The Meiningen Miracle
The Meiningen Years, 1880-1885 II: Enter Marie Schanzer
The Meiningen Years, 1880-1885 III: Paths of Glory
Bülow the Pedagogue: The Frankfurt Masterclasses, 1884-1887
A New Home in Hamburg, 1886
The Berlin Philharmonic, 1887-92 I: The Eagle's Wings
Return to America, 1889-1890
The Berlin Philharmonic, 1887-92 II: 'Glory, Honour, and Good Fortune'
The Last Days and Death of Bülow, 1893-94.
Appendix I: Bülow's Autopsy Report
Appendix II: Complete Catalogue of Bülow's Compositions, Transcriptions, and Editions
Appendix III: Bülow's Titles and Honours
List of Sources
Index
