Author : Alan Walker
Release : 2010
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 681/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hans Von Bülow by : Alan Walker
Download or read book Hans Von Bülow written by Alan Walker. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hans von Bulow's career unfolded in at least six directions simultaneously. He was a renowned concert pianist; the first virtuoso orchestral conductor; a respected (and sometimes feared) teacher; an influential editor of works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Chopin, and above all of Beethoven, in the performance of whose music he had no rival; a scourge as a music critic; and lastly, he was himself also a composer of music. In Hans von Bulow: A Life and Times, Alan Walker, the acclaimed author of numerous award-winning books on the era's iconic composers, provides the first full-length English biography of this remarkable musical figure.