Description |
xi, 232 pages : illustrations ; c 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-222) and index. |
Contents |
"Renovating" Bach and Handel : new musical biographies in the German Democratic Republic / Toby Thacker -- The nation's property : Chopin's biography as a cultural discourse / Jolanta T. Pekacz -- Maurice Ravel : private life, public works / Steven Huebner -- Lingering legends : Liszt after Walker / Michael Saffle -- Fanny in Italy : the female composer as travel writer / Marian Wilson Kimber -- This is (y)our life : (re-)writing women's autobiographies in music in nineteenth-century Germany / James Deaville -- Unremarkable musical lives : autobiographical narratives, music, and the shaping of the self / David Gramit -- A life on film : Renato Castellani's The life of Verdi / John C. Tibbetts. |
Subject |
Musicians -- Biography -- History and criticism.
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Musicians -- Biography. |
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Musicians -- Biography -- Political aspects.
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Musicians -- Biography -- Social aspects.
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Social aspects. |
Added Author |
Pekacz, Jolanta T., 1956-
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ISBN |
0754651517 alkaline paper |
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