Hans von Bülow
A Life for Music
- Author: Kenneth Birkin
- Date Published: July 2011
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107005860
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Drawing upon an extensive selection of rare letters, reviews and memoirs, Kenneth Birkin sets Hans von Bülow's work as a recitalist, chamber-music artist and orchestral conductor at the centre of a disturbed and eventful life. Bülow's Zukunftsmusik advocacy and ruthless criticism of performance standards in Berlin and Munich antagonised a musical 'establishment' nonetheless spellbound by his keyboard and orchestral mastery. Birkin pays particular attention to the Tristan and Meistersinger premieres, Cosima's desertion, the European and American tours and operatic activities in Hamburg and Hanover, as well as Bülow's pedagogic activities and forays into musical journalism. The book makes liberal use of Bülow's correspondence, published and unpublished, which personalises the narrative. Contemporary comments and reviews, translated here for the first time, give the reader an insight into the critical and public reaction. An extensive Appendix records the dates and venues of all Bülow's public appearances, both as pianist and conductor.
Read more- Includes an extensive appendix which chronicles von Bülow's career by listing all his public appearances, both as pianist and conductor - this provides a unique and valuable summary of public taste, reception and changing trends over almost half a century
- Contains many quotations from Bülow's own letters which give a fascinating 'inside' view of events
- The book avoids technical jargon, is written in a 'user-friendly' way and chapters are clearly organised in chronological order for ease of use
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- Date Published: July 2011
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107005860
- length: 736 pages
- dimensions: 236 x 160 x 38 mm
- weight: 1.28kg
- contains: 20 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Overture: Dresden, Leipzig, Stuttgart (1830–1848)
2. The student years: Leipzig, Berlin (1848–1850)
3. Decision time: Weimar-Zürich (1850–1851)
4. Weimar apprenticeship (1851–1853)
5. The young virtuoso: Austro-Hungary (1853–1854)
6. Polish interlude (1854–1855)
7. The pedagogue: Berlin I (1855–1857)
8. 'Gallant hotspur': Berlin II (1857–1859)
9. Rebel maturity: Berlin III (1859–1864)
10. The Wagner years: Munich (1864–1869)
11. A new start: Florence (1869–1873)
12. Triumph and betrayal - on tour: England and Russia (1873–1875)
13. Transatlantic adventure (1875–1876)
14. Convalescent interlude (June 1876–September 1877)
15. Bülow redux: Hanover, Glasgow (1877–1878)
16. Kapellmeister in Hanover (1877–1879)
17. Intendant in Meiningen (1880–1885)
18. The Philharmonic years I (1886–1889) Hamburg/Bremen/Berlin
19. The Philharmonic years II (1889–1890) America again/domestic crisis
20. The Philharmonic years III (1890–1892) Hamburg/Berlin
21. The Philharmonic years IV (1892–1894): Finale
Afterword: Bülow and Bayreuth
Appendix: Bülow performance chronology
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