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Title

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.

Publication

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors

• Mitchell, Mark (Mark Lindsey)
• Evans, Allan, 1956-2020.

Description

xx, 184 pages : illustrations; 25 cm +

Summary

"In these pieces, we see every facet of Moriz Rosenthal: the memoirist offering a moving and sometimes hilarious account of his childhood; the social critic describing the intellectual and cultural life on nineteenth-century Vienna; the pedagogue passing on his knowledge to younger musicians; the virtuoso recalling his friendships with great composers and interpreters (and occasionally parrying with reviwers). Rosenthal could write with gravity and pathos of a Chopin composition, yet he was also a famous wit whose sharp and often devastating bons mots have become the stuff of legend." "This volume combines selections from Rosenthal's writings with critical assessments of the pianist by such contemporaries as Eduard Hanslick, Edward Prime-Stevenson, and Hugo Wolf. It is rounded out with an introduction by editors Mark Mitchell and Allan Evans; a preface by Charles Rosen, one of Rosenthal's pupils; a discography and concertography; and a CD featuring never before released Rosenthal recordings."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Rosenthal, Moriz, 1862-1946
• Pianists > Biography

Bibliography (note)

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

Contents

Preface / Charles Rosen -- Moriz Rosenthal : a chronology -- 1. Autobiography / Moriz Rosenthal -- 2. Review of a concert by Moriz Rosenthal in Vienna / Eduard Hanslick -- 3. Letter to Lilli Lehmann / Moriz Rosenthal -- 4. Review of a concert by Moriz Rosenthal in Manchester / Arthur Johnstone -- 5. Rosenthaliana / Leonard Liebling -- 6. The Diemer competition, Paris [1903] / Moriz Rosenthal -- 7. The bane of virtuosity (excerpt) / Lawrence Gilman -- 8. From music, the mystery and the reality / Paul Roes -- 9. On Liszt's Don Juan Fantasie / Moriz Rosenthal -- 10. A stroll with Ferruccio Busoni / Moriz Rosenthal -- 11. Mahleriana / Moriz Rosenthal -- 12. Czar Alexander II / Moriz Rosenthal -- 13. Review of a concert by Moriz Rosenthal / H. C. C. -- 14. Letter to the editor / Moriz Rosenthal -- 15. As others see us : H. C. C.'s response to Moriz Rosenthal's letter to the editor -- 16. The Korngold Scandal -- 17. From Franz liszt / James Gibbons Huneker -- 18. The old and the new school of piano playing / Moriz Rosenthal -- 19. Review of a concert by Moriz Rosenthal / Kaikhosru Sorabji -- 20. Letter to Herbert Hughes / Moriz Rosenthal -- 21. Moriz Rosenthal-Emil Sauer : and modern pianism / Edward Prime-Stevenson -- 22. Schumann's Carnaval / Moriz Rosenthal -- 23. Anton Rubinstein's concert in Pressburg / Moriz Rosenthal -- 24. My memories of Johannes Brahms / Moriz Rosenthal -- 25. Brahmsiana / Moriz Rosenthal -- 26. Brahms and Johann Strauss II / Moriz Rosenthal -- 27. Review of a concert by Moriz Rosenthal / G. C. -- 28. Letter to the editor / Moriz Rosenthal -- 29. Review of a concert by Moriz Rosenthal -- 30. From aphorisms / Moriz Rosenthal -- 31. On the question of applause / Moriz Rosenthal -- App. A. Rosenthal as humorist -- App. B. Annotated concertography -- App. C. Discography.

ISBN

0253346606 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2005008640

OCLC

• 58789402
• ocm58789402
• SCSB-9091215

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries