Eduard Hanslick and Ritter Berlioz in Prague : a documentary narrative / Geoffrey Payzant.
| Author/creator | Payzant, Geoffrey |
| Other author | Hanslick, Eduard, 1825-1904 |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Calgary : University of Calgary Press, 1991. |
| Description | xiv, 139 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Preparations -- King Lear overture: review by "Ed-d" -- Arrival and first impressions -- Hanslick's essay "Ritter Berlioz in Prague" -- Commentary -- Berliozstadt Prag -- "O Praga! quando te aspiciam?" -- Volte-face: Eduard Hanslick and Bernhard Gutt -- Appendix: German text of Eduard Hanslick's "Ritter Berlioz in Prag". |
| Abstract | In 1846 Hector Berlioz, one of the most revolutionary of composers, gave six concerts in Prague, at that time one of the most musically conservative cities in Europe. Debate raged in the journals and coffee houses over whether Berlioz's compositions can rightly be considered music at all. Eduard Hanslick, aged twenty and destined to become the most influential music critic of his day, was in the midst of the excitement in Prague over Berlioz. As this documentary narrative tells, Hanslick there and then abandoned his youthful romanticism and adopted the formalistic view of the nature of music that characterized his writings for the remainder of his long working life. |
| General note | Includes text and translation of Hanslick's Ritter Berlioz in Prag. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-134) and index. |
| Biographical note | Geoffrey Payzant was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto; his main area of research was musical aesthetics. Among his publications are the first (and for ten years the only) monograph on Glenn Gould and a new English translations of Eduard Hanslick's On the Musically Beautiful. |
| Language | Text in English and German. |
| LCCN | cn 91091255 |
| ISBN | 091981381X |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML423.H247 P39 1991 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |