Biographies

Die Sprache des Hasses

Analysis of Wagner's pamphlet as an example of ethnic hate speech and rhetorical structure in the context of 19th-century German cultural nationalism.

8,00 €

Margarete Dessoff (1874 – 1944)

The biography of the almost forgotten Frankfurt conductor and innovator in German choral music.

29,80 €

Wilhelm Furtwängler

Furtwängler's life between music, power, and myth—reconsidered by Herbert Haffner.

46,00 €

Desert Plants

A unique contemporary document of experimental music history.

29,00 €

Smetak’s Inventions

Book from the DAAD exhibition Smetak’s Inventions in Berlin.

22,00 €

Leonard Bernstein

A richly illustrated volume about Leonard Bernstein's multifaceted relationship with Vienna.

29,00 €

con tutta forza. Bernd Alois Zimmermann

An impressive portrait of the composer between artistic vision and personal struggle - with unpublished documents, photos and conversations.

39,00 €

Not, List und Lust

New edition in edition second, greatly expanded edition. Music between conformity and truth.

29,80 €

Dimitri Schostakowitsch

Shostakovich's music as a musical testimony to his time – a powerful monograph about fear, hope, and the power of art.

28,00 €

Der Komponisten Mut und die Tyrannei des Geschmacks

Insights into the struggle with sound, form, and meaning: conversations with composers about what lies behind the music.

24,00 €

Ein halbes Jahrhundert Musik

A unique exchange of letters between two musicians - personal, poetic and historically deeply moving.

49,00 €

Alexi Matchavariani

Alexi Matchavariani combined Georgian folk music with contemporary composition - a portrait of his work between cultural identity and modernity.

29,00 €

Leben in zwei Welten

Rudolf Barschai was one of the legendary musicians that Russia produced after World War II.

29,00 €

Ulrich Gasser

Ulrich Gasser's music is emotional, worldly and characterized by art, places and memory.

39,00 €

André Tchaikowsky. Die tägliche Mühe ein Mensch zu sein

This publication offers the first comprehensive insight into the life and compositions of the pianist André Tchaikovsky.

29,00 €

Aus dir wird nie ein Pianist

Artur Schnabel's lectures from 1945 - clear-sighted reflections on music, society and the 20th century.

38,00 €

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