Description
| Product ID: | 9780718897154 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The The Older Liszt |
| Subtitle: | Music, World and Spirit |
| Authors: | Author: Peter Coleman |
| Page Count: | 324 |
| Subjects: | Art music, orchestral and formal music, Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900), Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment, Biography: historical, political and military, Christianity, Psychology, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, Biography: arts & entertainment, Biography: historical, political & military, Christianity, Psychology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A brilliant analysis of the famous composer's later years, and his struggles with the people, music and religion that he valued beyond all else. Franz Liszt is well known for his early years as ''super-star'' pianist who excited audiences throughout Europe, but his later life is also of great interest. In his final 25 years he sought to achieve his life''s aims of promoting new forms of music and giving stronger witness to his Christian faith, while continuing to support his stalwart life partner Princess Carolyne. However, he was to face unexpected problems in the continued negative reception of his music and recrimination in his closest relationship.Drawing on detailed analysis of Liszt''s correspondence from his fiftieth year onwards, Peter G. Coleman approaches his later life as a case study of an older person grappling with a succession of often disturbing life experiences. These included the deaths of two of his children, political upheaval and war within Europe, and a growing realisation of his own past failings. Liszt suffered frequent bouts of depression but never ceased composing music nor steadfastly heeding Christ''s command to bear one''s cross. This sensitive treatment of an extraordinary individual will appeal to the scholar and general reader alike. |
| Imprint Name: | Lutterworth Press |
| Publisher Name: | James Clarke & Co Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-06-29 |
