The Collected Writings of Franz Liszt: Essays and Letters of a Traveling Bachelor of Music

The Collected Writings of Franz Liszt: Essays and Letters of a Traveling Bachelor of Music
ISBN-10
0810883260
ISBN-13
9780810883260
Series
The Collected Writings of Franz Liszt
Category
Music
Pages
432
Language
English
Published
2012-04-20
Publisher
Scarecrow Press

Description

During his early years, Franz Liszt worked as a traveling piano virtuoso, his adventures highlighted by his entrée into the literary world as a correspondent for the most popular French journals of his time. In this second volume of Janita Hall-Swadley’s The Collected Writings of Franz Liszt, Liszt’s work as a music essayist and journalist is on full display. In his essays, readers will see the influence of the revolutionary theories of Hugues-Felicité Robert de Lamennais, Victor Hugo, and François-René de Chateaubriand as Liszt boldly calls for social reforms on behalf of musicians and musical institutions, from demands for a repertoire of church music of divine praise to the timely publication of inexpensive music editions.

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