Talks with Great Composers
Talks with Great Composers

Author: Arthur M. Abell

Publisher: Garmisch-Partenkirchen : G. E. Schroeder

Published: 1964

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13:

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Mr. Abell, an American music critic stationed in Berlin from 1890-1918, records his extensive interviews with composers Brahms, Strauss, Puccini, Humperdink, Bruch, and Grieg.

French Opera at the Fin de Siècle
French Opera at the Fin de Siècle

Author: Steven Huebner

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2006-02-02

Total Pages: 552

ISBN-13: 9780199719921

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This is the first book-length study of the rich operatic repertory written and performed in France during the last two decades of the nineteenth century. Steven Huebner gives an accessible and colorful account of such operatic favorites as Manon and Werther by Massenet, Louise by Charpentier, and lesser-known gems such as Chabrier's Le Roi malgré lui and Chausson's Le Roi Arthus.

Liszt Letters in the Library of Congress
Liszt Letters in the Library of Congress

Author: Franz Liszt

Publisher: Pendragon Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9781576470206

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Yet he did and, thankfully, considerable insight may be gained from this as to his relationships, compositional methods - especially with regard to publication of his works - philosophical thoughts, attitudes to literature, to other composers, other artists in different spheres, even, though more rarely, his approach to politics and, equally important, his religious leanings.".