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Schubert: A biographical study of his songs

Arts & Photography

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Music

Cassell

A self-portrait of this baritone, conductor and author. He recalls his young years in Hitler's Germany and the military service that interrupted his musical training. He became Britten's choice for the baritone part in the supreme reconciliation of the "War Requiem".

Echoes of a Lifetime - Thoughts and Memoirs

Biographies & Memoirs

Pan/Macmillan

There can be no doubt that German for Musicians will prove a real asset to every young singer and instrumentalist who needs to become acquainted with the German language, written or spoken." ―Dietrich Fischer-DieskauGerman for Musicians is an intensive course for beginners, a refresher for those with some German, and a reader for those who need to practice translating musical texts.

German for Musicians

Faber and Faber

The foremost singer-interpreter of Schubert's lieder analyzes the songs within the context of the composer's life and environment

Schubert's Songs: A Biographical Study

Limelight Editions

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925-2012) was a German lyric baritone and conductor of classical music, one of the most famous Lieder performers of the post-war period, best known as a singer of Franz Schubert's Lieder, particularly "Winterreise"

Reverberations: The Memoirs of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Fromm International