Isaac Albéniz

Portrait of a Romantic
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-19-925052-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 358 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 555 g

Walter Aaron Clark's detailed and accurate account (the first in English) of one of the most intriguing figures of the Romantic period is now available in paperback. Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909), a renowned concert pianist, created a national style of Spanish piano music and also fostered the growth in Spain of the concerto, orchestral music, and opera. His career was to become the stuff of legend: a touring child prodigy who supposedly stowed away on a steamer to the New World, he later studied with Liszt, and eventually became ensnared in a 'Faustian pact' with the wealthy English librettist Frances Burdett Money-Coutts. Based on a wealth of new and previously overlooked documentary evidence, this biography debunks the mythology surrounding Albéniz's career--much of it spun by the composer himself--and reveals a complex individual who was able to capture the mystery of Spain in his music yet who in reality felt estranged from his homeland.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clark, Walter Aaron

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Einzelne Komponisten und Musiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik Geschichte der Musik: Romantik (ca. 1830-1900)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction: 'Step by Step'

- 2.: With Distinction (1876-88)

- 3.: Veni, Vidi, Vici (1889-93)

- 4.: Prophet with Honour (1894-95)

- 5.: A Man of Importance (1896-7)

- 6.: The Imperfect Wagnerite (1898-1904)

- 7.: Iberia (1905-9)

- 8.: The Legacy of Albéniz

- Appendix 1: Genealogical Tree

- Appendix 2: List of Works

- General Index