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Book SynopsisThis book explores the social, political, philosophical and professional currents that influenced Liszt's career. It reveals the rich contextual tapestry against which Liszt composed some of the most iconic, popular, and also contentious music of his time, and explains his importance to Romanticism and nineteenth-century European culture.
Trade Review'one of the more valuable compendia of Liszt studies to appear in some time.' Patrick Rucker, Gramophone
Table of ContentsPreface; Part I. People and Places: 1. Family background Adrienne Kaczmarczyk; 2. Teachers Paul Bertagnolli; 3. Paris Bryan Whitelaw; 4. Italy Anna Harwell Celenza; 5. Liszt and Wagner David Trippett; 6. The new German school James Deaville; 7. Weimar Joanne Cormac; 8. Liszt and his contemporaries Anne MacGregor; 9. Liszt in Hungary Lynn Hooker; Part II. Society thought and culture: 10. The 'War of the Romantics' David Larkin; 11. Visual art and artists Andrew Haringer; 12. Literature and literary heroes Jonathan Kregor; 13. Liszt, the women and the European salon culture of the nineteenth century Ulrike Müller; 14. Liszt as writer Dorothea Redepenning; 15. Patronage: the court Anna Harwell Celenza; 16. Liszt and the network of revolution Malou Haine and Bruno Moysan; 17. Liszt's national identity: What else is new? Shay Loya; 18. Liszt and religion Eftychia Papanikolaou; Part III. Performance and composition: 19. Pianos and piano builders Andrew Haringer; 20. Liszt on the road: The rise of the modern virtuoso pianist Christopher Gibbs; 21. Virtuosity Jonathan Kregor; 22. Improvisation Adrienne Kaczmarczyk; 23. Transcription Jonathan Kregor; 24. Liszt as conductor Donna M. Di Grazia; 25. Publishers Adrienne Kaczmarczyk; 26. Genre Joanne Cormac; Part IV. Reception and Legacy: 27. Pupils: Liszt as teacher Jonathan Kregor; 28. Critics James Deaville; 29. Lateness in context Shay Loya; 30. Liszt and the 20th and 21st centuries Dorothea Redepenning; 31. Life-writing Joanne Cormac; 32. Iconography Alan Davison; 33. Liszt in film Joanne Cormac; Index.
