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Clara Schumann

Clara Schumann


by Monica Steegmann

Clara Schumann had her debut as a solo-pianist in 1828 at barely the age of nine, but withdrew into the shadow of her husband, Robert, whom she married against her father’s wishes. Her life, especially after his death, is also closely linked to that of Brahms.

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  2004-07-01
  9781904341598
  Hardback
  World English language only
  Biography, Music

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Brahms

Brahms


by Hans A. Neunzig

Johannes Brahms was one of the seminal musical figures of the 19th century. He shot to fame as a dashing young performer and composer, ‘the one who had to come’ according to Robert Schumann. Then he consciously ‘switched’ this romantic image for that of heir to Bach and Beethoven.

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  2004-07-01
  9781904341178
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  World English language only
  Biography, Music

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Dvorak

Dvorak


by Kurt Honolka

Kurt Honolka weaves the story of Dvorak’s life into the rich tapestry of the political and social tensions of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the twilight of its power. Honolka sets the scene for Dvoraks's 'American' music and his return from the United States, providing a facinating context for his most famous work, the Ninth Symphonie From the New World.

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  2004-06-03
  978-1-904341-52-9
  Paperback
  World English language only
  Biography, Music

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Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann


by Barbara Meier

Robert Schumann was the quiet one, the tormented genius. A serious illness prevented him from becoming a pianist, but he fell in love with Clara, the daughter of his piano teacher and married her in 1840.

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  2004-01-01
  978-1-904341-54-3
  Hardback
  World English language except India
  Biography, Music

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Armstrong

Armstrong


by David Bradbury

Louis ‘Satchmo’ Armstrong (1900-71), born in poverty, brought up in an orphanage, dominated one of the art forms of the 20th century: jazz.

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  2003-10-02
  9781904341468
  Paperback
  World
  Biography, Music

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