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The devil's music master : the controversial life and career of Wilhelm Furtwängler /

From 1922 until his death in 1954, Wilhelm Furtwangler was the foremost cultural music figure of the German-speaking world, conductor of both the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic orchestras. But a cloud still hangs over his reputation, despite his undeniable brilliance as a musician, because of a fata...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shirakawa, Sam H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 With Music Empowered 3
  • 2 Mannheim 22
  • 3 Berlin 43
  • 4 America 64
  • 5 Successes and Conquests 91
  • 6 Decisions 110
  • 7 Weimar and the Third Reich 129
  • 8 Nazimania 145
  • 9 Prometheus Agonistes 158
  • 10 Staatsrat 167
  • 11 The Hindemith Scandal 179
  • 12 Another Scandal 195
  • 13 A Meeting of Minds 212
  • 14 Devilish Duties--I 225
  • 15 Devilish Duties--II 247
  • 16 The Devil's Birthday 271
  • 17 Trial by Patience 294
  • 18 Day of Reckoning 309
  • 19 Trial by Endurance 338
  • 20 Autumn Fires 370
  • 21 The Tristan Recording 387
  • 22 The Studio Recordings 407
  • 23 The Live Recordings I: The War Recordings 431
  • 24 The Live Recordings II: Ring Cycles and Cyclical Issues 442
  • 25 Eroica 474
  • 26 Coda: A Dominant Ninth 481.