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Passing Illusions
Challenges the notion that Weimar Jews sought to be invisible or indistinguishable from other Germans by "passing" as non-Jews
Forbidden Music
Offers a study of the Jewish composers and musicians banned by the Third Reich, and describes the consequences for music around the world.
The Last Waltz
"Sometimes I feel as if he's sitting next to me." Buchbinder on Beethoven No work has left a more lasting impression on star pianist Rudolf Buchbinder than Beethoven's Diabelli Variations. The Last Waltz explores the world of Beethoven, the publisher Anton Diabelli, and the musical Vienna of the early 19th century in 33 literary variations and offers a fascinating look at Buchbinder's personal approach to music: why did Buchbinder play the Diabelli variations at such a young age? How did he help to save Beethoven's manuscript of the piece? What does he think about while playing Beethoven? How much boogie-woogie is in Beethoven? Why should a musician trust him blindly when playing his music? And what inspired Buchbinder to send Diabelli's waltz to leading contemporary composers, reintroducing the Diabelli variations to the 21st century? The Last Waltz brings marvelous stories of music and people to life.
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Opera Companies and Houses of Western Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
Although books have been written about various opera houses throughout the world, no one work has covered more than a relatively small number of the larger, well known companies and houses, and none have made more than brief mention of the smaller houses. No book has comprehensively listed opera repertories. Little, in sum, has been written about any of the smaller companies and houses located in non-English-speaking countries. This is the most comprehensive reference book ever written on opera companies and houses in Western Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand--over 300, from the well known to the smaller. Each entry includes a history of the opera house or company, the works (title and composer) and type of productions offered, company staff, world and country premieres, repertory, and practical information on the theater's address, nearby hotel accommodations and how to order tickets. Most entries conclude with a bibliography.
Wenn sie auch schlecht singen, das macht nichts!
Zum 200. Geburtstag des unsterblichen Opernkomponisten. Aida, Nabucco, Rigoletto, Don Carlos, La Traviata - Giuseppe Verdis große Opern sind von zeitloser Faszination. Ihre Heldinnen und Helden dienen als Spiegel der Realität - und sind doch Ausdruck einer Wahrheit, die Verdi neu erfinden wollte. Er nutzte wie kein anderer die Leidenschaft als Handlungsmuster und schuf eine Musik, deren Emotionalität das Publikum bis heute zu fesseln vermag. Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz beleuchtet Verdis schöpferische Entwicklung als Komponist, Librettist, Bühnenbildner - und als Politiker. Weil Verdi Geschichte nicht nur als Meister der Töne schrieb, sondern auch als Meister der Worte verzauberte, sind hier zudem seine schönsten Zitate zusammengestellt und in ihrer Wirkung kommentiert.
"Dein ist mein ganzes Herz"
Mit dem Tod von Johann Strauss 1899 ging die Epoche der Goldenen Wiener Operette zu Ende. Einem Militärkapellmeister aus Transdanubien blieb es danach vorbehalten, das Genre zu erneuern. Franz Lehár wollte eigentlich Opernkomponist werden – und errang Weltruhm mit seinen Operetten. Zu seinem 150. Geburtstag im Jahr 2020 spannen die Herausgeber Heide Stockinger und Kai-Uwe Garrels sowie weitere mit Franz Lehár eng vertraute Autoren und eine Autorin in ihren Beiträgen einen weiten Bogen: Von Lehárs Wirken als zunächst unbekannter Komponist im Kaiserreich über seine Glanzzeiten in der Silbernen Operettenära der Zwischenkriegszeit bis hin zu seiner "Alters-Rolle" im Dritten Reich. Dieses Lesebuch beleuchtet "Meister" Lehár aus unterschiedlichen thematischen Blickwinkeln, vor allem aber – seine Musik!
A Tale of Four Houses
Looking at four very different opera houses, this book tells the tales of the eccentric talents that made them immortal. An entertaining history of the four big opera houses - Milan, Vienna, the New York Met and Covent Garden - that illuminates major developments in opera both musically and in terms of stage interpretation. From the post-war reconstruction of opera houses to the influence of colourful personalities such as Karajan and Visconti, Callas as media-devil-cum-idol, Solti, Domingo, Pavarotti, Price and Sutherland, and finally the wide accessibility and popularity of opera today and the increasing financial pressures it faces. Susan Gilbert introduces enthralling personalities, and through them the scandals, the money, the media skirmishes and the drama that provide fascinating insights into the world of opera behind the scenes.
The Lady in Gold
The spellbinding story, part fairy tale, part suspense, of Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, one of the most emblematic portraits of its time; of the beautiful, seductive Viennese Jewish salon hostess who sat for it; the notorious artist who painted it; the now vanished turn-of-the-century Vienna that shaped it; and the strange twisted fate that befell it. The Lady in Gold, considered an unforgettable masterpiece, one of the twentieth century’s most recognizable paintings, made headlines all over the world when Ronald Lauder bought it for $135 million a century after Klimt, the most famous Austrian painter of his time, completed the society portrait. Anne-Marie O’Connor, wr...
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864) was the most successful composer of grand operas in nineteenth-century Paris, whose music continued to be frequently performed worldwide into the following century. Today, recent scholars acknowledge his stature but his operas have become stage rarities. There is normally a gap on shelves in libraries and bookshops between Mendelssohn and Mozart (Messaien and Monteverdi for the better resourced). There is no biography or broad evaluation of Meyerbeer in print in English. This study of the vicissitudes of Meyerbeer’s reputation complements introductions to his works and the volumes of academic essays in English and other European languages. While reputation forming has recently offered several interesting studies, it is rare for a composer to be the subject. This volume will be of interest primarily to opera enthusiasts, and to libraries and musicologists worldwide.
