The Collected Writings of Franz Liszt: Essays and Letters of a Traveling Bachelor of Music (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780810882676)

During his early years, Franz Liszt worked as a traveling piano virtuoso, his adventures highlighted by his entrée into the literary world as a correspondent for the most popular French journals of his time. In this second volume of Janita Hall-Swadley's The Collected Writings of Franz Liszt, Liszt's work as a music essayist and journalist is on full display. In his essays, readers will see the influence of the revolutionary theories of Hugues-Felicité Robert de Lamennais, Victor Hugo, and François-René de Chateaubriand as Liszt boldly calls for social reforms on behalf of musicians and musical institutions, from demands for a repertoire of church music of divine praise to the timely publication of inexpensive music editions.

Author: Janita R. Hall-Swadley
ISBN-10: 0810882671
ISBN-13: 9780810882676
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Language: English
Published: 04/20/2012
Pages: 456
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.50d