Being the result of lectures held by the author in America, this book keeps the promise made in the title: to show the composer in his world, portray him in his workshop and describe the disputes he h...
What do they all have in common - the universal scholar Hildegard von Bingen, the pianist Clara Schumann, the Nobel Prize winner Albert Einstein, the violinist of the century Yehudi Menuhin, the Germa...
Die Tagebücher von Robert Craft, die dieser als Assistent und Begleiter Igor Strawinskys während der 23 Jahre ihrer gemeinsamen Arbeit bis zum Tode des Komponisten führte, sind ein einzigartiges Dokum...
Fast ein Vierteljahrhundert war er Mitarbeiter und Berater des Komponisten und darüber hinaus einer der wichtigsten Dirigenten seines Werkes: Wie kein anderer seiner Kollegen kannte Robert Craft den s...
Rossini had already composed 15 operas in just five years when he brought 'The Barber of Seville' to public attention. The libretto is based on a play by Caron de Beaumarchais - the very same Beaumarc...
The first comprehensive monograph of one of the great composers of today. The author had countless conversations with the Hungarian musician Ligeti who had designed and implemented valid aesthetic mus...
Stage fright...! For many people, this word is tantamount to fear, paralysis, threat. And for many a highly talented musician, it was the reason to give up their wish to become a professional performi...
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955), einer der großen Komponisten des 20. Jahrhunderts, äußert in diesen Gesprächen eine Fülle anregender Gedanken. Sie reichen von materiellen Existenzsorgen des Komponisten,...
Fidelio ist Beethovens einzige Oper. Die Handlung entspringt einer historischen Begebenheit, die sich - wie der französische Dichter J. N. Bouilly sagt - in Tours ereignet hat. Was Beethoven faszinier...
The first publication of a volume of Engelbert Humperdinck's fairy-tale opera 'Hänsel and Gretel' is a valuable addition to the successful series 'Operas of the World' for this work is the second most...