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Virtuosity and the Musical Work: The Transcendental Studies of Liszt.(Book Review)
Virtuosity and the Musical Work: The Transcendental Studies of Liszt. By Jim Samson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. [viii, 240 p. ISBN 0-521-81494-4. $75.] Music examples, bibliography, index.
For some time now, musicology has sought a methodology that offers a persuasive response to the assertions of the Critical Studies discipline (called Theory in the U.K., as opposed to Music Theory) regarding musicology's insufficient acknowledgment and treatment of the social, cultural, and economic context of a work (sometimes called its "thick context"). The criticism has a long history; it is true that musicological preoccupations were, for a long time, ...
- Transcendental Studies
- Reference information from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE January 1, 1996 700+ words
Transcendental Studies ( Liszt). See Études d'exécution transcendante .
- Liszt, Franz
- Reference information from: World Encyclopedia January 1, 2005 700+ words
Liszt, Franz (1811–...pianist of his generation. Liszt's challenging compositions for piano include Transcendental Studies (1851). He invented the...predominantly piano pieces, Liszt also wrote orchestral works...
- Liszt, Carolyne, and the Vatican: The Story of a Thwarted Marriage.
- Magazine article from: Notes Langevin, Kenneth June 1, 1994 700+ words
...kinds of books. Dezso Legany's Ferenc Liszt and His Country, 1874-1886 represents...struck midnight on New Year's Eve when Liszt left the home of his closest Hungarian...the Danube") literally to the end of Liszt's remarkable life ("The valet suddenly...
- Ferenc Liszt.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Notes HARPER, NANCY LEE March 1, 2001 700+ words
Ferenc Liszt. Albumblhtter fur Prinzessin Marie von...of short piano pieces by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt has appeared through the collaboration of...of the happy and more intimate moments in Liszt's personal life--that of his new relationship...
- LISZT ETUDES, NOVEL KEEP JANICE WEBER BUSY
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Margo Miller, Globe Staff May 15, 1988 700+ words
The picture everyone has of a Liszt recital is of long, spectral fingers making...Seated at her Steinway, Janice Weber makes Liszt's sixth Transcendental Etude moan. Legends about Liszt (1811-1885) are helping Weber prepare for...
- Living with Liszt: From the Diary of Carl Lachmund, an American Pupil of Liszt,...
- Magazine article from: Notes Zimdars, Richard June 1, 1996 700+ words
Readers with enthusiasms for Franz Liszt, the piano, and the social context of music study...Schroeder of Eschwege published Mein Leben mit Franz Liszt: Aus dem Tagebuch eines Liszt-Schulers. For years, this reviewer deemed it a wonderful...
- Franz Liszt. vol 3: The Final Years, 1861-1886.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Notes Langevin, Kenneth March 1, 1999 700+ words
...an amiably roguish protagonist. Franz Liszt's life was nothing if not picaresque, and Alan Walker's trifurcate Franz Liszt (vol. 1, 1811-47; vol. 2, 1848...school. Indeed, this dedicated bard of Liszt's epic swath has performed research prodigies...
- Topica Acquires Liszt - The Leading Email List Directory; Joins Forces with...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 6, 1999 700+ words
...PRNewswire/ -- Topica Inc. today announced it has acquired Liszt (www.liszt.com), the biggest and best-known email list directory...10 Essential Web Sites" by Yahoo! Internet Life, Liszt's 'ginormous' directory will be joined with Topica...
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