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- Karl Geiringer's biography of Brahms is generally regarded as the finest study of the composer ever published in any language.
- About the Author: Karl Geiringer was born in Vienna in 1899 and studied at the University of Berlin and the University of Vienna where he received his Ph.D.
- 432 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Music
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Karl Geiringer's biography of Brahms is generally regarded as the finest study of the composer ever published in any language. It is based upon the great body of material in the archives of the VienneBook Synopsis
Karl Geiringer's biography of Brahms is generally regarded as the finest study of the composer ever published in any language. It is based upon the great body of material in the archives of the Viennese Society of Friends, for which Dr. Geiringer was curator from 1930-1938, and which contains more than a thousand letters written by and to Brahms. These letters, exchanged with family and with his famous contemporaries, reveal his loneliness, grim humor, loyalty, painful shyness, and enthusiasm for the music of Beethoven and Schubert-moods that the self-effacing composer did not publicly display. Divided into sections on Brahms's solitary, scholarly existence and his fruitful composing career-including examinations of rare first drafts-the biography relates how crises in Brahms's personal life were translated into his music, and how he often managed to ignore or suppress them. Supplemented with a new appendix on "Brahms as a Reader and Collector," this third edition of a classic biography is both a literary and musicological event.From the Back Cover
Karl Geiringer's biography of Brahms if generally regarded as the finest study of the composer ever published in any language. It is based upon the great body of material in the archives of the Viennese Society of Friends, for which Dr. Geiringer was curator from 1930-1938, and which contains more than a thousand letters written by and to Brahms.About the Author
Karl Geiringer was born in Vienna in 1899 and studied at the University of Berlin and the University of Vienna where he received his Ph.D. An American citizen since 1945, he has taught at Hamilton College, Boston University, and the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is the author of several books including The Bach Family and Music of the Bach Family.Dimensions (Overall): 8.47 Inches (H) x 5.41 Inches (W) x 1.17 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.1 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 432
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Music
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Karl Geiringer
Language: English
Street Date: August 1, 1984
TCIN: 77253661
UPC: 9780306802232
Item Number (DPCI): 247-52-2258
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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