| Contents |
Preface / Charles Rosen -- Moriz Rosenthal: a chronology -- Introduction -- Autobiography / Moriz Rosenthal -- Review of a concert by M.R. in Vienna / Eduard Hanslick -- Letter to Lilli Lehmann / M.R. -- Review of a concert by M.R. in Manchester / Arthur Johnstone -- Rosenthaliana / Leonard Liebling -- The Diémer Competition, Paris [1903] / M.R. -- The bane of virtuosity (excerpt) / Lawrence Gilman -- From Music, the mystery and the reality / Paul Roës -- On Liszt's Don Juan fantasie / M.R. -- A stroll with Ferruccio Busoni / M.R. -- Mahleriana / M.R. -- Czar Alexander II / M.R. -- Review of a concert by M.R. / H.C.C. -- Letter to the editor / M.R. -- As others see us: H.C.C.'s response to M.R.'s letter to the editor -- The Korngold scandal -- From Franz Liszt / James Gibbons Huneker -- The old and the new school of piano playing / M.R. -- Review of a concert by M.R. / Kaikhosru Sorabji -- Letter to Herbert Hughes / M.R. -- Moriz Rosenthal-Emil Sauer: and modern pianism / Edward Prime-Stevenson -- Schumann's Carnaval / M.R. -- Anton Rubinstein's concert in Pressburg / M.R. -- My memories of Johannes Brahms / M.R. -- Brahmsiana / M.R. -- Brahms and Johann Strauss II / M.R. -- Review of a concert by M.R. / G.C. -- Letter to the Editor / M.R. -- Review of a concert by M.R. -- From Aphorisms / M.R. -- On the question of applause / M.R. -- Appendix A. Rosenthal as humorist -- Appendix B. Annotated concertography -- Appendix C. Discography. |
| Abstract |
In these pieces, we see every facet of Moriz Rosenthal: the memoirist offering a moving and sometimes hilarious account of his childhood; the social critic describing the intellectual and cultural life on nineteenth-century Vienna; the pedagogue passing on his knowledge to younger musicians; the virtuoso recalling his friendships with great composers and interpreters (and occasionally parrying with reviewers). Rosenthal could write with gravity and pathos of a Chopin composition, yet he was also a famous wit whose sharp and often devastating bons mots have become the stuff of legend. This volume combines selections from Rosenthal's writings with critical assessments of the pianist by such contemporaries as Eduard Hanslick, Edward Prime-Stevenson, and Hugo Wolf. It is rounded out with an introduction by editors Mark Mitchell and Allan Evans; a preface by Charles Rosen, one of Rosenthal's pupils; a discography and concertography; and a CD featuring never before released Rosenthal recordings. |
| Local note | Joyner-JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY BOOK ACCOMPANIED BY SOUND RECORDINGS LOCATED AT CALL NUMBER CD-6470. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references, discography (pages 149-155), and index. |
| LCCN | 2005008640 |
| ISBN | 0253346606 (cloth : alk. paper) |
