Love in action: The thrilling story of an Australian company of Christians

Walker,Alan

Religion & Spirituality

Fount Paperbacks

The treasury of great Canadian humour

McGraw-Hill/Ryerson

Hans von B�low is a key figure in 19th century music whose career path was as broad as it was successful. Music history's first virtuoso orchestral conductor, B�low created the model for the profession-both in musical brilliance and in domineering personality-which still holds forth today. He was an eminent and renowned concert pianist, a respected (and often feared) teacher and music critic, an influential editor of works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Chopin, and Beethoven, and a composer in a variety of musical genres. As a student and son-in-law of Franz Liszt, and estranged friend of Richard Wagner (for whom his wife Cosima famously left him), B�low is intricately connected with the canonical greats of the period. Yet despite his critical and lasting importance for orchestral music, B�low's life and significant achievements have yet to be heralded in biographical form. In Hans von B�low: 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. Walker traces B�low's life in illuminating and engaging detail, from the first piano lessons of his boyhood days, to his first American tour, to his last days as conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic. Unearthing B�low's extensive and previously unavailable correspondence and writings, Walker conveys amusing and informative anecdotes about this unique musical legend- from his sardonic and clever personality to his meticulous devotion to his work-and reveals enlightening insights on the still-contested sensibilities of musical-compositional style and "idea" at play in the vibrant musical world of which B�lowwas a part.

Hans Von Bülow: A Life and Times

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Oxford University Press

Robert Schumann: The Man & His Music

Arts & Photography

Music

Barrie Jenkins

Robert Schumann: The Man and His Music

Cooper, Frank Et Al.

Unqualified and Underemployed: Handicapped Young People and the Labour Market (National Children's Bureau Series)

Business & Money

MACMILLAN PUB. LTD.

Economics

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

What role do senior citizens have in European society in the late 20th century? This text considers this question and presents a portrait of how older people are perceived by the general public in the EU, and how they view themselves and the ageing process.

Ageing Europe

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Walker, Lawrie

Psychology & Counseling

Open University Press

Ageing Europe (Rethinking Ageing Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Maltby, Tony

Social Sciences

Open Univ Pr

Growing Older

Provides an introduction to the work of the Economic and Social Reseach Council (ESRC) funded Growing Older Programme. This book focuses on ways in which quality of life can be extended for older people and offers short research-based summaries of findings on a variety of core topics with a major emphasis on the views of older people themselves.

Hagan Hennessy, Catherine

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