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Franz Liszt: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography concerning both the nature of primary sources related to the composer and the scope and significance of the secondary sources which deal with him, his compositions, and his influence as a composer and performer. The second edition includes research published since the publication of the first edition and provide electronic resources. Franz Liszt was born on 22 October 1811 at Raiding, today located in Austria’s Burgenland. He received his first piano lessons from his father, Adam Liszt, an employee of the celebrated Eszterházy family. Young Franz was quickly acclaimed a prodigy, and in 1820 a group of Hungarian magnates offered to underwrite his musical education. Shortly thereafter the Liszts moved to Vienna, where Franz studied piano and composition with Carl Czerny and Anton Salieri. Performances there earned Liszt local fame; even Beethoven expressed interest in him.
Often viewed by his contemporaries as a person who deliberately cultivated an air of mystery and eccentricity, Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) has continued to be a subject of great speculation. Here historian Bruce Kirmmse provides a collection of every known eyewitness account of the great Danish thinker. These accounts give us a glimpse of Kierkegaard's spiritual and intellectual development, along with other aspects of his life. 21 photos.
In January 2007 the Director general of The Royal Library in Copenhagen, Erland Kolding Nielsen turned 60. "Umisteligt" is the festschrift released to mark the occasion. Erland Kolding Nielsen is known for his active participation in the public debate about the protection and preservation of the cultural heritage and the necessity of international co-operation in these matters. He was also instrumental in the planning and building of the Royal Library's new building, known as The Black Diamond. The 35 articles in this book have a wide range: From the Bronze-Age to the Internet, from Peru to Nizhny Novgorod, from Don Quil to the Danish treasury of song, from the worship of saints to the Kulturkampf. However they all have the same point of interception: the manifold Danish cultural heritage and the management of it through time.