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Me of All People: Alfred Brendel in Conversation with Martin Meyer.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Me of All People: Alfred Brendel in Conversation with Martin Meyer, by Alfred Brendel and Martin Meyer; translated by Richard Stokes. Cornell University Press (Sage House, 512 E. State St., Ithaca, NY 14850), 2002. 275 pp. $29.95.
Among great pianists of the twentieth century, Alfred Brendel is truly unique. He was not a child prodigy, lacked excellent sight-reading skills and ceased formal piano study at age 16--not ordinarily a recipe for success in today's competitive musical climate. Nevertheless, this unassuming pianist now is recognized as one of the world's foremost artists. In Me of All People readers get glimpses into the remarkable life of Brendel, the development of his career and his travels and his experiences as a young man in Vienna. Also highlighted are Brendel's views of the freedoms and obligations of a performer, the work of musicians who have fascinated him and his endeavors as poet and essayist.
There are five chapters, all in dialogue format between Brendel and Martin Meyer. Meyer is literary editor of Neue Zureher Zeitung and author of several books on Ernst Junger and Thomas Mann. His grasp of aesthetics and skill as an ...
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