Moriz Rosenthal in word and music : a legacy of the nineteenth century / edited and with an introduction by Mark Mitchell and Allan Evans ; preface by Charles Rosen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mitchell, Mark (Mark Lindsey)

Evans, Allan, 1956-2020.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pianists--Biography.

Pianists.

Rosenthal, Moriz, 1862-1946.

Rosenthal, Moriz.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As a pianist, Rosenthal was unparalleled: his legato touch came from Chopin through his pupil Mikuli; his awareness of composition was developed by Liszt; his Brahms interpretation shaped by the composer himself; and his ingeniously crafted piano-paraphrases memorialized his friendship with Johann Strauss II. Yet Rosenthal's pianistic abilities were married to a rare intellectual erudition -- a knowledge of literature, history, philology, science, philosophy, and society that few pianists have ever

Contents:

Preface / Charles Rosen

Moriz Rosenthal : a chronology

Introduction

Autobiography / Moriz Rosenthal

Review of a concert by M.R. in Vienna / Eduard Hanslick

Letter to Lilli Lehmann / M.R.

Review of a concert by M.R. in Manchester / Arthur Johnstone

Rosenthaliana / Leonard Liebling

The Diemer Competition, Paris [1903] / M.R.

The bane of virtuosity (excerpt) / Lawrence Gilman

From Music, the mystery and the reality / Paul Roes

On Liszt's Don Juan fantasie / M.R.

A stroll with Ferruccio Busoni / M.R.

Mahleriana / M.R.

Czar Alexander II / M.R.

Review of a concert by M.R. / H.C.C.

Letter to the editor / M.R.

As others see us : H.C.C.'s response to M.R.'s letter to the editor

The Korngold scandal

From Franz Liszt / James Gibbons Huneker

The old and the new school of piano playing / M.R.

Review of a concert by M.R. / Kaikhosru Sorabji

Letter to Herbert Hughes / M.R.

Moriz Rosenthal-Emil Sauer : and modern pianism / Edward Prime-Stevenson

Schumann's Carnaval / M.R.

Anton Rubinstein's concert in Pressburg / M.R.

My memories of Johannes Brahms / M.R.

Brahmsiana / M.R.

Brahms and Johann Strauss II / M.R.

Review of a concert by M.R. / G.C.

Letter to the Editor / M.R.

Review of a concert by M.R.

From Aphorisms / M.R.

On the question of applause / M.R.

Appendix A. Rosenthal as humorist

Appendix B. Annotated concertography

Appendix C. Discography.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references, discography (p. [149]-155), and index.

ISBN:

1-282-07265-X

9786612072659

0-253-11166-8

OCLC:

476016268