- Bib ID:
- 1927781
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Beaumont, Antony
- Description:
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- London : Faber, 2000
- xvii, 524p. [8] p. of plates : ill.,music,ports ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 057116983X
- Summary:
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"Antony Beaumont presents this study of the composer and conductor Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942)." "Founded on years of research in Europe and the USA, this is the first full-length biography of a key figure in the history of twentieth-century music. Apart from providing contextual analyses of every major score, the author gives a detailed account of the composer's early years as a protege of Brahms and Mahler, of his complex friendship with Schoenberg, the influence of his teaching on the boy-prodigy Korngold, his kindly and helpful attitude towards the hypersensitive Webern and his heartfelt friendship with Berg. He also outlines the career of a conductor whom both Schoenberg and Stravinsky considered the finest they ever heard, throws new light on Zemlinsky's Catholic-Sephardic background, and investigates his interest in esoteric aspects of music, such as colour symbolism and numerology."--BOOK JACKET.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
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- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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