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Liszt in Context explores the political, social, philosophical and professional currents that surrounded Franz Liszt and illuminates the competing forces that influenced his music. Liszt was immersed in the religious, political and cultural debates of his day and moved between institutions, places a...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2021. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Composers in context
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Liszt in Context explores the political, social, philosophical and professional currents that surrounded Franz Liszt and illuminates the competing forces that influenced his music. Liszt was immersed in the religious, political and cultural debates of his day and moved between institutions, places and social circles with ease. All of this makes for a rich contextual tapestry agianst which Liszt composed some of the most iconic, popular and also contentious music of the nineteenth century. His significance and astonishing reach cannot be overstated, a product of his abundant presence in nineteenth-century European culture, and his continuring influence into the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The focus on context, reception and legacy that this volume provides reveals the multifaceted nature of Liszt's impact during his lifetime and beyond. -- |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781108421843 1108421849 9781108434362 1108434363 |
| Index Number: | ML410 |
| CLC: | J605.515 |
| Call Number: | J605.515/L774-1 |
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People and places. Family background / Liszt's teachers / Paris / Italy / Liszt and Wagner / The New German School / Weimar / Liszt and his contemporaries / Liszt in Hungary / Society, thought and culture. The "war" of the Romantics / Visual art and artists / Literature and literary heroes / Liszt, women and salon culture / Liszt as a writer / Patronage : the court / Liszt and the networks of revolution / Liszt's national identity : what else is new? / Liszt and religion / Performance and composition. Pianos and piano builders / Liszt on the road : The rise of the modern virtuoso pianist / Virtuosity / Improvisation / Transcription / Liszt and conductor / Publishers / Genre / Reception and legacy. Pupils : Liszt as teacher / Critics / Lateness in context / Liszt and the twentieth and twenty-first centuresi / Life-writing / Iconography / Liszt in film / |