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ISAAC ALBENIZ
PORTRAIT OF A ROMANTIC |
| By: |
Walter Aaron Clark |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£98.00 |
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£95.06 |
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£2.94 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0199250529 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780199250523 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
23 May, 2002 |
| Pages: |
358 |
| Description: |
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909) composed some of the most enduring masterpieces in a Spanish style, works that remain favourites with guitarists, pianists, and music lovers the world over. This is the only biography in English of the fascinatingly complex man behind this music, and it presents much valuable new information about his career as a performer and composer. |
| Synopsis: |
Walter Aaron Clark's detailed and accurate account (the first in English) of one of the most intriguing figures of the Romantic period is now available in paperback. Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909), a renowned concert pianist, created a national style of Spanish piano music and also fostered the growth in Spain of the concerto, orchestral music, and opera. His career was to become the stuff of legend: a touring child prodigy who supposedly stowed away on a steamer to the New World, he later studied with Liszt, and eventually became ensnared in a 'Faustian pact' with the wealthy English librettist Frances Burdett Money-Coutts. Based on a wealth of new and previously overlooked documentary evidence, this biography debunks the mythology surrounding Albeniz's career-much of it spun by the composer himself-and reveals a complex individual who was able to capture the mystery of Spain in his music yet who in reality felt estranged from his homeland. |
| Illustrations: |
numerous music examples, 16pp halftone plates, frontispiece and 1 map |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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