Hans Von Bülow: A Life and Times

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The Bulow Chronicles
Bulow's Family Tree
Prologue
1 From Alpha to Omega
2 Bulow's Family Background
BOOK ONE: ON THE SLOPES OF PARNASSUS, 1830-1869
3 The Early Years
4 With Liszt in Weimar
5 The Growing Virtuoso. 1853-1855
6 Berlin, 1855-64 I: A City of Mingled Chimes
7 Berlin, 1855-64 II: Marriage to Cosima
8 Catastrophe in Munich, 1864-69
BOOK TWO: ASCENDING THE PEAK, 1870-1880
9 Bulow in Florence
10 First Tours of Britain - and Beyond, 1873-1875
11 The First Tour of America, 1875-76
12 A Scottish Interlude, 1877-78
13 At Hanover, 1877-79
14 Britannia Scorned, 1878-1879
BOOK THREE: VISTAS FROM THE SUMMIT, 1880-1894
15 The Meiningen Years, 1880-1885 I: The Meiningen Miracle
16 The Meiningen Years, 1880-1885 II: Enter Marie Schanzer
17 The Meiningen Years, 1880-1885 III: Paths of Glory
18 Bulow the Pedagogue: The Frankfurt Masterclasses, 1884-1887
19 A New Home in Hamburg, 1886
20 The Berlin Philharmonic, 1887-92 I: The Eagle's Wings
21 Return to America, 1889-1890
22 The Berlin Philharmonic, 1887-92 II: 'Glory, Honour, and Good Fortune'
23 The Last Days and Death of Bulow, 1893-94.
Appendix I: Bulow's Autopsy Report
Appendix II: Complete Catalogue of Bulow's Compositions, Transcriptions, and Editions
Appendix III: Bulow's Titles and Honours
List of Sources
Index

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Hans von Bülow is a key figure in 19th century music whose career path was as broad as it was successful. Music history's first virtuoso orchestral conductor, Bülow created the model for the profession-both in musical brilliance and in domineering personality-which still holds forth today. He was an eminent and renowned concert pianist, a respected (and often feared) teacher and music critic, an influential editor of works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Chopin, and Beethoven, and a composer in a variety of musical genres. As a student and son-in-law of Franz Liszt, and estranged friend of Richard Wagner (for whom his wife Cosima famously left him), Bülow is intricately connected with the canonical greats of the period. Yet despite his critical and lasting importance for orchestral music, Bülow's life and significant achievements have yet to be heralded in biographical form. In Hans von Bülow: A Life and Times, Alan Walker, the acclaimed author of numerous award-winning books on the era's iconic composers, provides the first full-length English biography of this remarkable musical figure. Walker traces Bülow's life in illuminating and engaging detail, from the first piano lessons of his boyhood days, to his first American tour, to his last days as conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic. Unearthing Bülow's extensive and previously unavailable correspondence and writings, Walker conveys amusing and informative anecdotes about this unique musical legend- from his sardonic and clever personality to his meticulous devotion to his work-and reveals enlightening insights on the still-contested sensibilities of musical-compositional style and "idea" at play in the vibrant musical world of which Bülow was a part.

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a profitable read for anyone interested in the musicians and activities that von Bulow's life touched

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