Hans Von Bulow: A Life and Times
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Hans von Bülow is a seminal figure in nineteenth-century music whose career path was as broad as it was successful. Music history's first virtuoso orchestral conductor, von 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 who his wife Cosima famously left him von Bülow is intricately connected with the canonical greats of the period. Yet despite his critical and lasting imporantce for orchesral music, von 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 von 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 von 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 styles in the vibrant musical world of which von Bülow was a part.
Illustrations The Bülow Chronicles Bülow's Family Tree Prologue From Alpha to Omega Bülow's Family Background Book One: On the Slopes of Parnassus, 1830-1869The Early Years With Liszt in Weimar The Growing Virtuoso, 1853-1855 Berlin, 1855-1864 I: A City of Mingled Chimes Berlin, 1855-1864 II: Marriage to Cosima Catastrophe in Munich, 1864-1869 Book Two: Ascending the Peak, 1870-1880Bülow in Florence First Tours of Britain-and Beyond, 1873-1875 The First Tour of America, 1875-1876 A Scottish Interlude, 1877-1878 At Hanover, 1877-1879 Britannia Scorned, 1878-1879 Book Three: Vistas from the Summit, 1880-1894The Meiningen Years, 1880-1885 I: The Meiningen Miracle The Meiningen Years, 1880-1885 II: Enter Marie Schanzer The Meiningen Years, 1880-1885 III: Paths of Glory Bülow the Pedagogue: The Frankfurt Masterclasses, 1884-1887 A New Home in Hamburg, 1886 The Berlin Philharmonic, 1887-1892 I: The Eagle's Wings Return to America, 1889-1890 The Berlin Philharmonic, 1887-1892: II: 'Glory, Honour, and Good Fortune' The Last Days and Death of Bülow, 1893-1894 Appendix I: Bülow's Autopsy Report Appendix II: Complete Catalogue of Bülow's Compositions, Transcriptions, and Editions Appendix III: Bülow's Titles and Honours List of Sources Index PROLOGUE 1. From Alpha to Omega2. Bülow's Family BackgroundBOOK ONE: ON THE SLOPES OF PARNASSUS, 1830-1869 3. The Early Years4. With Liszt in Weimar5. The Growing Virtuoso6. Berlin, 1855-64 I: A City of Mingled Chimes7. Berlin, 1855-64 II: Marriage to Cosima8. Catastrophe in Munich, 1864-69BOOK TWO: ASCENDING THE PEAK, 1870-1880 9. Bülow in Florence10. First Tours of Britain - and beyond, 1873-187511. First Tour of America, 1875-7612. A Scottish Interlude, 1877-7813. Bülow and the Glasgow Choral Union14. At Hanover, 1877-7915. Britannia Scorned: Encounters and Skirmishes in the Land without Music'.BOOK THREE: VISTAS FROM THE SUMMIT, 1880-1894 16. The Meiningen Years, 1880-85I. IThe Meiningen Miracle: The Meiningen Years, 1880-85II. Enter Marie Schanzer: The Meiningen Years, 1880-85III. Paths of Glory17. Bülow the Pedagogue:18. The Frankfurt Masterclasses19. A New Home in Hamburg, 188620. The Berlin Philharmonic, 1887-92I. The Eagle's Wings Return to America, 1889 and 1890The Berlin Philharmonic, 1887-92II. 'Glory, Honour, and Good Fortune'.The Last Days and Death of Bülow, 1893-94.Appendix I Bülow's autopsy report Appendix II Catalogue of Bülow's compositions Appendix III Bülow's Titles and Honours List of Sources
