Legend of a Musical City: The Story of Vienna
A personal history of the world capital of classical music, written by the renowned Viennese musicologist and author of Composer and Critic.
 
Max Graf shares his recollections of life with Anton Bruckner, Gustav Mahler, Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg, and other immortals of the music world. The influential musicologist, critic, and composer enjoyed intimate friendships with these men, who made musical history in his home city of Vienna.
 
Bringing to life some of the most iconic figures in music, as well as the city of Vienna itself, Graf recounts a charming, personal, and highly educational story of Austria's musical legacy.
"Max Graf is not only an eminent historian and teacher, but a very adept writer; as a critic, he has shown keen judgment and objectivity." —Richard Strauss
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Legend of a Musical City: The Story of Vienna
A personal history of the world capital of classical music, written by the renowned Viennese musicologist and author of Composer and Critic.
 
Max Graf shares his recollections of life with Anton Bruckner, Gustav Mahler, Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg, and other immortals of the music world. The influential musicologist, critic, and composer enjoyed intimate friendships with these men, who made musical history in his home city of Vienna.
 
Bringing to life some of the most iconic figures in music, as well as the city of Vienna itself, Graf recounts a charming, personal, and highly educational story of Austria's musical legacy.
"Max Graf is not only an eminent historian and teacher, but a very adept writer; as a critic, he has shown keen judgment and objectivity." —Richard Strauss
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Legend of a Musical City: The Story of Vienna

Legend of a Musical City: The Story of Vienna

by Max Graf
Legend of a Musical City: The Story of Vienna

Legend of a Musical City: The Story of Vienna

by Max Graf

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A personal history of the world capital of classical music, written by the renowned Viennese musicologist and author of Composer and Critic.
 
Max Graf shares his recollections of life with Anton Bruckner, Gustav Mahler, Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg, and other immortals of the music world. The influential musicologist, critic, and composer enjoyed intimate friendships with these men, who made musical history in his home city of Vienna.
 
Bringing to life some of the most iconic figures in music, as well as the city of Vienna itself, Graf recounts a charming, personal, and highly educational story of Austria's musical legacy.
"Max Graf is not only an eminent historian and teacher, but a very adept writer; as a critic, he has shown keen judgment and objectivity." —Richard Strauss

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781504060202
Publisher: Philosophical Library/Open Road
Publication date: 12/17/2019
Sold by: OPEN ROAD INTEGRATED - EBKS
Format: eBook
Pages: 322
File size: 3 MB

Table of Contents

Dedication
1. The Musical Centre of the World
 The March into Vienna
Houses of Music
Landscape and People
The Viennese
Fame and Traditions
 2. The Last Chapter of Great Music in Vienna
 On the Ringstrasse
The New Vienna
Emperor Franz Josef
 3. Meeting Great Composers
 Recollections of Johannes Brahms
The Composer of the "Queen of Sheba"
Hours with Hugo Wolf
Studies with Anton Bruckner
 4. In the Opera House and Concert Halls, 1891–1914
 The Musical Capital of Nations
In the Opera House
New Concert Halls and Old Traditions
Modern Music in Vienna
Popular Music–Johann Strauss
 5. The Last Hours, 1918–1938
 Richard Strauss in Vienna—The Festivals in Salsburg—Toscanini in Salsburg
 6. Past and Future
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