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Franz Liszt: The Virtuoso Years, 1811 1847 Paperback - 1988

by Alan Walker

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The third 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 on the music and the life. A formidable musicologist with a lively polemical style, he discusses the composer's works with greater understanding and clarity than any previous biographer. And whereas many have recycled the same erroneous, often damaging information, Walker has relied on his own prodigious, globe-trotting research, a project spanning twenty-five years. The result is a textured portrait of Liszt and his times without rival."--Elliot Ravetz, Time

"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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The normal way biography is written is to allow the basic materials-letters, diaries, manuscripts-to disclose the life.

From the rear cover

Important developments have taken place in the world of Liszt scholarship since this volume first went to press, in 1983. This book contains many of the basic documents Ramann used to construct her 'official' three-volume biography of Liszt, which appeared during the fourteen-year period 1880-94. It had always been known that Liszt granted Ramann some personal interviews, but their extent had never before been properly chronicled.

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  • Title Franz Liszt: The Virtuoso Years, 1811 1847
  • Author Alan Walker
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Rev Sub
  • Pages 512
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cornell University Press, Ithaca
  • Publication date 1988-03-15
  • Features Index
  • ISBN 9780801494215 / 0801494214
  • Weight 1.56 lbs (0.71 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.29 x 6.12 x 1.25 in (23.60 x 15.54 x 3.18 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Category Performing Arts
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 82047821
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Alan Walker is Professor of Music at McMaster University. He was awarded the Commemorative Plaque of the Budapest Liszt Society for his contributions to Liszt scholarship.

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