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Hans von Bülow is a key figure in 19th century music whose career path was as broad as it was successful. Music history's first virtuoso orchestral conductor, Bülow created the model for the profession-both in musical brilliance and in domineering personality-which still holds forth today. He was an eminent and renowned concert pianist, a respected (and often feared) teacher and music critic, an influential editor of works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Chopin, and Beethoven, and a composer in a variety of musical genres. As a student and son-in-law of Franz Liszt, and estranged friend of Richard Wagner (for whom his wife Cosima famously left him), Bülow is intricately connected with the canonical greats of the period. Yet despite his critical and lasting importance for orchestral music, Bülow's life and significant achievements have yet to be heralded in biographical form.In Hans von Bülow: A Life and Times, Alan Walker, the acclaimed author of numerous award-winning books on the era's iconic composers, provides the first full-length English biography of this remarkable musical figure. Walker traces Bülow's life in illuminating and engaging detail, from the first piano lessons of his boyhood days, to his first American tour, to his last days as conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic. Unearthing Bülow's extensive and previously unavailable correspondence and writings, Walker conveys amusing and informative anecdotes about this unique musical legend- from his sardonic and clever personality to his meticulous devotion to his work-and reveals enlightening insights on the still-contested sensibilities of musical-compositional style and "idea" at play in the vibrant musical world of which Bülowwas a part.
Table of Contents
Illustrations The Bülow ChroniclesBülow's Family TreePrologueFrom Alpha to OmegaBülow's Family BackgroundBook One: On the Slopes of Parnassus, 1830-1869The Early YearsWith Liszt in WeimarThe Growing Virtuoso, 1853-1855Berlin, 1855-1864 I: A City of Mingled ChimesBerlin, 1855-1864 II: Marriage to CosimaCatastrophe in Munich, 1864-1869Book Two: Ascending the Peak, 1870-1880Bülow in FlorenceFirst Tours of Britain-and Beyond, 1873-1875The First Tour of America, 1875-1876A Scottish Interlude, 1877-1878At Hanover, 1877-1879Britannia Scorned, 1878-1879Book Three: Vistas from the Summit, 1880-1894The Meiningen Years, 1880-1885 I: The Meiningen MiracleThe Meiningen Years, 1880-1885 II: Enter Marie SchanzerThe Meiningen Years, 1880-1885 III: Paths of GloryBülow the Pedagogue: The Frankfurt Masterclasses, 1884-1887A New Home in Hamburg, 1886The Berlin Philharmonic, 1887-1892 I: The Eagle's WingsReturn to America, 1889-1890The Berlin Philharmonic, 1887-1892: II: 'Glory, Honour, and Good Fortune'The Last Days and Death of Bülow, 1893-1894Appendix I: Bülow's Autopsy Report Appendix II: Complete Catalogue of Bülow's Compositions, Transcriptions, and EditionsAppendix III: Bülow's Titles and HonoursList of SourcesIndex
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