An artist's journey : lettres d'un bachelier ès musique, 1835-1841 / Franz Liszt ; translated and annotated by Charles Suttoni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886.

Contributor:

Suttoni, Charles.

Standardized Title:

Lettres d'un bachelier ès musique, 1835-1841. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886--Travel--Europe.

Liszt, Franz.

Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886.

Travel.

Europe.

Composers--Biography.

Composers.

Music--Europe--19th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Europe--Description and travel.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 260 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1989.

Summary:

In these eloquent and intensely personal writings, Franz Liszt sketches the cities, people, and scenes of his travels in the 1830s and explores ideas about art and its ideal place in the world. During six years of wandering through Switzerland, France, Italy, Austria, and Germany (four of them together with Countess Marie d'Agoult), the composer saw the greatest art and most fabulous landscapes of Europe and crossed paths with celebrated singers and artists, renowned intellectuals, infamous socialites, and both reigning and deposed aristocracy. The article/essays that emerged from this period are both public and private: though written for the Paris press, they are the closest that Liszt came to autobiography. Some of these writings are travel articles; some are essentially reports of a music correspondent; still others are personal and confessional; and some are really essays on the nature of art. All offer precious insight into the musical, social, and intellectual life in the major European capitals seen through the eyes of one of the most well-read and influential musical personalities of the period.

Contents:

1. Geneva 3

To George Sand 4

2. Return to Paris 11

To a Poet-Voyager [George Sand] 13

3. Strife in Paris 22

To George Sand 28

4. Nohant and Lyons 39

To Adolphe Pictet 40

5. From Savoy to the Italian Lakes 53

To Louis de Ronchaud 54

Lake Como: To Louis de Ronchaud 65

6. Milan 72

La Scala: To Maurice Schlesinger 73

To Lambert Massart: Part I, Milan 85

7. Venice and Vienna 100

To Heinrich Heine 101

Venice 107

To Lambert Massart: Part II, Vienna 138

8. Genoa, Florence, and Bologna 145

Genoa and Florence: Part I, Genoa 147

The Perseus of Benvenuto Cellini 152

Genoa and Florence: Part II, Florence 157

The Saint Cecilia of Raphael: To Joseph d'Ortigue 162

9. From Florence to Rome 167

Musical Conditions in Italy: To Maurice Schlesinger 167

10. Rome and San Rossore 181

To Hector Berlioz 183

11. Hamburg, Copenhagen, and the Rhine 191

To Leon Kreutzer 192

A. George Sand: Letter of A Voyager to Liszt 205

B. Heinrich Heine: Confidential Letter 218

C. Hector Berlioz: to Liszt 227

D. Liszt: Religious Music of the Future 236.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 247-251.

ISBN:

0226485102

OCLC:

18908752