Franz Liszt

Mogens Wenzel Andreasen er vild med Liszt og anser ham for en af de mest banebrydende brobyggere mellem det romantiske og det moderne. Der har aldrig været enighed om Liszts position som komponist i musikhistorien. Holdningen har skiftet op gennem tiden, fra hans yngre år til i dag, og meningerne om hans værkers værdi og originalitet har altid været splittet blandt samtidens og eftertidens komponister, musiklærde og ”almindelige” musikelskere, ligesom der i forskellige lande har været – og stadig er – forskellige holdninger at finde i alle kredse. Liszt blev af nogle betragtet som en musikkens fornyer, en komponist som bragte musikken fremad i en ny udvikling, hørt med samtidens ører: moderne. Liszt var vidunderbarn, klavervirtuos og samtidig komponist med en personlighed og en kompositorisk bredde, som er kendt af de færreste. Mogens Wenzel Andreasen bringer denne særprægede personlighed til live på en måde, så man bliver glad for at lære ham at kende og får lyst til at lytte til hans store og afvekslende produktion. 168 s. softcover. Illustreret

Mogens Wenzel Andreasen er vild med Liszt og anser ham for en af de mest banebrydende brobyggere mellem det romantiske og det moderne. Der har aldrig været enighed om Liszts position som komponist i musikhistorien. Holdningen har skiftet op gennem tiden, fra hans yngre år til i dag, og meningerne om hans værkers værdi og originalitet har altid været splittet blandt samtidens og eftertidens komponister, musiklærde og ”almindelige” musikelskere, ligesom der i forskellige lande har været – og stadig er – forskellige holdninger at finde i alle kredse. Liszt blev af nogle betragtet som en musikkens fornyer, en komponist som bragte musikken fremad i en ny udvikling, hørt med samtidens ører: moderne. Liszt var vidunderbarn, klavervirtuos og samtidig komponist med en personlighed og en kompositorisk bredde, som er kendt af de færreste. Mogens Wenzel Andreasen bringer denne særprægede personlighed til live på en måde, så man bliver glad for at lære ham at kende og får lyst til at lytte til hans store og afvekslende produktion. 168 s. softcover. Illustreret

The third volume in Alan Walker's magisterial biography of Franz Liszt. "You can't help but keep turning the pages, wondering how it will all turn out: and Walker's accumulated readings of Liszt's music have to be taken seriously indeed."-D. Kern Holoman, New York Review of Books "A conscientious scholar passionate about his subject. Mr. Walker makes the man and his age come to life. These three volumes will be the definitive work to which all subsequent Liszt biographies will aspire."-Harold C. Schonberg, Wall Street Journal "What distinguishes Walker from Liszt's dozens of earlier biographers is that he is equally strong on the music and the life. A formidable musicologist with a lively polemical style, he discusses the composer's works with greater understanding and clarity than any previous biographer. And whereas many have recycled the same erroneous, often damaging information, Walker has relied on his own prodigious, globe-trotting research, a project spanning twenty-five years. The result is a textured portrait of Liszt and his times without rival."-Elliot Ravetz, Time "The prose is so lively that the reader is often swept along by the narrative. . . . This three-part work . . . is now the definitive work on Liszt in English and belongs in all music collections."-Library Journal

The third volume in Alan Walker's magisterial biography of Franz Liszt. "You can't help but keep turning the pages, wondering how it will all turn out: and Walker's accumulated readings of Liszt's music have to be taken seriously indeed."-D. Kern Holoman, New York Review of Books "A conscientious scholar passionate about his subject. Mr. Walker makes the man and his age come to life. These three volumes will be the definitive work to which all subsequent Liszt biographies will aspire."-Harold C. Schonberg, Wall Street Journal "What distinguishes Walker from Liszt's dozens of earlier biographers is that he is equally strong on the music and the life. A formidable musicologist with a lively polemical style, he discusses the composer's works with greater understanding and clarity than any previous biographer. And whereas many have recycled the same erroneous, often damaging information, Walker has relied on his own prodigious, globe-trotting research, a project spanning twenty-five years. The result is a textured portrait of Liszt and his times without rival."-Elliot Ravetz, Time "The prose is so lively that the reader is often swept along by the narrative. . . . This three-part work . . . is now the definitive work on Liszt in English and belongs in all music collections."-Library Journal

The second volume in Alan Walker's magisterial biography of Franz Liszt. "You can't help but keep turning the pages, wondering how it will all turn out: and Walker's accumulated readings of Liszt's music have to be taken seriously indeed."-D. Kern Holoman, New York Review of Books "A conscientious scholar passionate about his subject. Mr. Walker makes the man and his age come to life. These three volumes will be the definitive work to which all subsequent Liszt biographies will aspire."-Harold C. Schonberg, Wall Street Journal "What distinguishes Walker from Liszt's dozens of earlier biographers is that he is equally strong on the music and the life. A formidable musicologist with a lively polemical style, he discusses the composer's works with greater understanding and clarity than any previous biographer. And whereas many have recycled the same erroneous, often damaging information, Walker has relied on his own prodigious, globe-trotting research, a project spanning twenty-five years. The result is a textured portrait of Liszt and his times without rival."-Elliot Ravetz, Time "The prose is so lively that the reader is often swept along by the narrative. . . . This three-part work . . . is now the definitive work on Liszt in English and belongs in all music collections."-Library Journal

The second volume in Alan Walker's magisterial biography of Franz Liszt. "You can't help but keep turning the pages, wondering how it will all turn out: and Walker's accumulated readings of Liszt's music have to be taken seriously indeed."-D. Kern Holoman, New York Review of Books "A conscientious scholar passionate about his subject. Mr. Walker makes the man and his age come to life. These three volumes will be the definitive work to which all subsequent Liszt biographies will aspire."-Harold C. Schonberg, Wall Street Journal "What distinguishes Walker from Liszt's dozens of earlier biographers is that he is equally strong on the music and the life. A formidable musicologist with a lively polemical style, he discusses the composer's works with greater understanding and clarity than any previous biographer. And whereas many have recycled the same erroneous, often damaging information, Walker has relied on his own prodigious, globe-trotting research, a project spanning twenty-five years. The result is a textured portrait of Liszt and his times without rival."-Elliot Ravetz, Time "The prose is so lively that the reader is often swept along by the narrative. . . . This three-part work . . . is now the definitive work on Liszt in English and belongs in all music collections."-Library Journal