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855565
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Macdonald, Hugh.
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Music in 1853 : : the Biography of a Year.
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| Publication Statement
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Woodbridge :: Boydell & amp ;Brewer,, 2012.
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1 online resource (226 pages)
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1782040145
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: 1782041508
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: 9781782040149
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: 9781782041504
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Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 Brahms Leaves Home April -- May; 1 Brahms and Reményi in 1853; 2 Hotel Arrivals in Hanover; 3 Joseph Joachim in 1853; 4 Robert and Clara Schumann in 1850; 2 Berlioz and Spohr in London May -- July; 5 Hector Berlioz in 1851; 6 Frederick Gye; 7 Musicians in London in 1853; 8 Cheque for ten guineas paid to Berlioz, 22 June 1853; 9 The King and Queen of Hanover; 3 Brahms and Liszt in Weimar June; 10 Franz Liszt in 1854; 11 The Altenburg, Weimar; 12 William Mason in 1847; 4 Wagner and Liszt in Zurich May -- July; 13 Richard Wagner in 1853.
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14 Otto and Mathilde Wesendonck15 The Aktien Theatre, Zurich; 16 Wagner's concert, 18 May 1853; 17 The Hotel Baur au Lac, Zurich; 18 The Chapel of William Tell, Lake Lucerne; 5 Berlioz in Baden-Baden and Frankfurt July -- August; 19 Edouard Bénazet; 20 The Salle de la Conversation, Baden-Baden; 21 Berlioz's Concert on 11 August 1853; 22 Report of Berlioz's arrival in Frankfurt; 6 Joachim and Brahms in Göttingen and Bonn July -- September; 23 The Krüger Garden House, Göttingen; 24 Joachim in 1853; 25 Rheinstein castle; 7 Liszt in Frankfurt, Weimar and Carlsbad July -- September; 26 Liszt in 1854.
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14 The Schumanns in Holland and Hanover November -- February49 The Bazaar, The Hague; 50 Clara Schumann, by Carl Sohn; 51 The Schiffsbrücke, Düsseldorf; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.
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27 Grand Duke Carl Alexander of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach28 The Sprudel, Carlsbad; 29 Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein; 8 Wagner in St Moritz and La Spezia July -- September; 30 Georg Herwegh; 9 Liszt in Karlsruhe September -- October; 31 Prince Regent Friedrich of Baden-Baden; 32 The Hoftheater, Karlsruhe; 33 The Karlsruhe Festival, 3-6 October 1853; 34 Karlsruhe Station; 10 Schumann and Brahms in Düsseldorf September -- October; 35 The Schumanns' house on Bilkerstrasse, Düsseldorf; 36 Drawings by J.-J.-B. Laurens: (a) Schumann; (b) Brahms; (c) Hiller; (d) self-portrait.
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37 Schumann's article 'Neue Bahnen'11 Liszt, Wagner and Berlioz in Paris October; 38 Strasbourg Cathedral; 39 Wagner, by Eugène Sayn-Wittgenstein; 40 The Maurin-Chevillard Quartet; 41 Das Rheingold, first page of sketches, 1 November 1853; 12 Berlioz, Joachim and Brahms in Hanover October -- November; 42 Robert Griepenkerl; 43 Baron von Donop; 44 Berlioz's concert, 25 October 1853; 13 Brahms, Berlioz and Liszt in Leipzig November -- December; 45 Ferdinand David; 46 The Gewandhaus, Leipzig; 47 Peter Cornelius; 48 Brahms in Leipzig, 1853.
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For many leading composers of the nineteenth century 1853 brought far-reaching changes in their lives: Brahms emerged from obscurity to celebrity, Schumann ceased to be an active composer, and both Berlioz and Wagner became composers again after long silences. Brahms meets Berlioz and Liszt as well as Schumann; Liszt is a constant link in every chain; Joachim is close to all of them; Wagner is on everyone's mind. No one composer is at the centre of the story, but a network of musicians spreads across the map of Europe. A larger picture emerges of a shift in musical scenery, from the world of t.
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Composers-- Europe-- 19th century.
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Music-- Europe-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
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Composers.
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Music
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MUSIC-- History Criticism.
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Europe.
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| Dewey Classification
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780.9034
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ML240.4
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