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The writings and letters of Konrad Wolff / edited by Ruth Gillen ; prologue by Leon Fleisher ; foreword by Russell Sherman ; translations of certain texts from the German by Otto Begus.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML60 .W742 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wolff, Konrad, 1907-1989.
- Series:
- Contributions to the study of music and dance 0193-9041 ; no. 48.
- Contributions to the study of music and dance, 0193-9041 ; no. 48
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Wolff, Konrad, 1907-1989.
- Music--History and criticism.
- Music.
- Wolff, Konrad, 1907-1989--Correspondence.
- Wolff, Konrad.
- Composers--Correspondence.
- Composers.
- Genre:
- Correspondence.
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- Compiles the writings of the musicologist, teacher, pianist, author, and jurist Konrad Wolff, including 200 musical illustrations, correspondence with Sviatoslav Richter and other celebrated personalities, and a brilliant "debate" between Wolff and Alfred Brendel.
- Contents:
- Part I Composers
- Frescobaldi (1583-1643) 3
- Bach (1685-1750) 7
- His Last Work 7
- Spirit, Style, and Forms 9
- Bach-Reger 17
- Brandenburg Concertos for Piano Duet 17
- Mozart (1756-1791) 19
- Quintet in D Major, K. 593 19
- Beethoven (1770-1827) 23
- Several Perspectives 23
- Mostly Beethoven 27
- On Beethoven's Trills 42
- Bagatelles, Op. 119 51
- The Ninth Symphony, Op. 125 53
- Schubert (1797-1828) 77
- Schubert's Reaction to Beethoven 77
- Schubert's "L'istesso Tempo" 84
- Schubert's String Quintet in C: A Misplaced Repeat Sign? 93
- Schumann (1810-1856) 99
- On Titles and Verbal Descriptions in Music 99
- Liszt (1811-1886) 105
- Beethovenian Dissonances in Liszt's Piano Works 105
- Liszt's Approach to Piano Technique 113
- Stravinsky (1882-1971) 119
- A Modern Faust 119
- Part II Letters
- From
- Paul Badura-Skoda; Review of Interpretation on the Piano
- What We Can Learn from Schnabel 123
- Alfred Brendel 131
- Paul Henry Lang 136
- Rudolf Serkin 137
- To
- Leon Fleisher 137
- Artur Schnabel 139
- To and From
- A Colleague 142
- Sviatoslav Richter 148
- Christmas Music 161
- Music Appreciation 101 173
- Authenticity 183
- The Beginnings of Cyclic Form 185
- Bach's Dedication to King Frederick 199
- August Halm (1869-1929) 201
- Observations 207
- On Teaching 207
- On Music and Musicians 213
- A Lesson in Writing 217
- Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782): Siciliano in F-Sharp Minor 225
- Part IV The Brendel-Wolff "Debate"
- The "Debate" 230.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-264) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313307482
- OCLC:
- 40143050
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