Franz Liszt : musician, celebrity, superstar /: musician, celebrity, superstar. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Franz Liszt.
• Further Information: Note: Oliver Hilmes ; translated by Stewart Spencer.
• Authors: Hilmes, Oliver
• Other Names: Spencer, Stewart translator.
• Contents: Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PROLOGUE; 1 CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE (1811-27); The Comet; Planning a Career; Vienna; Le petit Litz; A Time of New Departures; Breakdown; 2 REHEARSING AND STUDYING (1827-35); Disappointed Hopes; Ideas and Ideals; Paganini, or the Invention of Piano Playing; The Countess; 3 ANNÉES DE PÈLERINAGE (1835-9); Doubts; The Rival; The Duel; Bella Italia?; Decision Time in Vienna; On the Run; 4 LIVING LIKE A LORD (1839-47); Preconditions; Sabre Dance; Four Visits to Great Britain; Lisztomania. Don Juan ParvenuNélida, or The Art of Hating a Person; The Invisible Father; 5 WEIMAR (1847-61); A Turning Point; The Princess; Decisions; The Altenburg; Disillusionment; Role Playing; Short Shrift; The Visit of the Old Lady; The 'Wittgenstein Affair'; The Spy in Lace Petticoats; 'So test, therefore, who join forever'; Anguish; Descent; Ill Fate; 6 ROME (1861-8); All Roads Lead to Rome; The Thwarted Wedding; Death in Paradise; Minor Orders and Higher Instincts; Synchronicities; Hans and Isolde; The Force of Destiny; 7 LA VIE TRIFURQUÉE (1869-86); In the Hofgärtnerei; His Majesty Holds Court. The CossackRevenge is Sweet; The Dear Family; Festive Strains; Duty and Obedience; New Challenges; Bayreuth; In the Augean Stables; The Fall; The Poodle Begs; The Last Journey; Danse macabre; POSTLUDE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
• Publisher Details: New Haven : Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 354 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 780.92; Composers -- Biography; Compositeurs -- Biographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians; Composers; Biography; Biographies; Biografie; Biographies; Biographies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780300219463; 0300219466
• Related ISBNs: 9780300182934; 0300182937
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 08, 2016).
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