Browse: Biographies, Classical Composers, Franz Liszt

Hilmes offers a riveting read, a vibrant story full of cannily etched detail. In the end you feel you have been visiting the characters at home, observing with forensic exactitude all their foibles,... — Sunday Times More…

The collection of essays is a sort of appendix to Alan Walker's three-volume biography of Liszt. That was not a study of the music, though it commented selectively on the music as part of the... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Deftly executed. . . . Must find a place in every comprehensive music library. Summing Up: Essential [i.e., highest category]. Graduate students, researchers, professionals — Choice More…

A macabre little classic." -- Alex Ross — The New Yorker More…