
- 206 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Legend of a Musical City
About this book
Legend of a Musical City, first published in 1945, is a story of Vienna, musical center of the world.The Nestor of Austrian music critics relates in a fascinating manner his own recollections of life with Bruckner, Brahms, Richard Strauss, and other immortals in the music world. Author, Max Graf, who enjoyed intimate friendships with many of the musical stars of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, here gives a delightful as well as highly educational story of the development of Austrian music."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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Table of contents
- Title page
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- DEDICATION
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- 1-The Musical Centre of the World
- 2-The Last Chapter of Great Music in Vienna
- 3-Meeting Great Composers
- 4-In the Opera House and Concert Halls-1891-1914
- 5-The Last Hours 1918-1938
- 6-Past and Future
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