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This edition is written in English. However, there is a running Japanese thesaurus at the bottom of each page for the more difficult English words highlighted in the text. There are many editions of Letters of Franz Liszt, Vol 1, Paris to Rome. This edition would be useful if you would like to enrich your Japanese-English vocabulary, whether for self-improvement or for preparation in advanced of college examinations. Webster's edition of this classic is organized to expose the reader to a maximum number of difficult and potentially ambiguous English words. Rare or idiosyncratic words and expressions are given lower priority compared to "difficult, yet commonly used" English words. Rather than supply a single translation, many words are translated for a variety of meanings in Japanese, allowing readers to better grasp the ambiguity of English without using the notes as a pure translation crutch. Having the reader decipher a word's meaning within context serves to improve vocabulary retention and understanding. Each page covers words not already highlighted on previous pages. This edition is helpful to Japanese-speaking students enrolled in an English Language Program (ELP), an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) program, an English as a Second Language Program (ESL), or in a TOEFL® or TOEIC® preparation program. Students who are actively building their vocabularies in Japanese or English may also find this useful for Advanced Placement® (AP®) tests. TOEFL®, TOEIC®, AP® and Advanced Placement® are trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which has neither reviewed nor endorsed this book. This book is one of a series of Webster's paperbacks that allows the reader to obtain more value from the experience of reading. Translations are from Webster's Online Dictionary, derived from a meta-analysis of public sources, cited on the site. ... Read more

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The four scores of the Beethoven Symphonies, of which you advised me in your friendly letter, reached me yesterday. My eyes are meanwhile revelling and delighting in all the glories of the splendid edition, and after Easter I shall set to work. Nothing shall be wanting on my part, in the way of goodwill and industry, to fulfil your commission to the best of my power. A pianoforte arrangement of these creations must, indeed, expect to remain a very poor and far-off approximation. How instil into the transitory hammers of the Piano breath and soul, resonance and power, fulness and inspiration, color and accent? ... Read more

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Franz Liszt s and Richard Wagner s works for wind instruments and wind ensembles of various kinds, as well as for winds and voices in various combinations, epitomize much of nineteenth-century musical romanticism. From ceremonial and religious works to compositions for court occasions, from the concert hall to the operatic stage, Wagner s and Liszt s wind and wind-voice music offers insights into each composer s stylistic evolution as well as the emergence of the symphonic poem and music-drama as genres in their own right. ... Read more

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Another Weimar Era diary worth the read!
This is a pricey book [hardcover] but as I've said in other reviews, one of the ways to better know Franz Liszt in addition to the tomes written about him not the least of which is Dr. Alan Walker's monumental 3 volume biography which represents some 25 years in painstaking research, is through the eyes and hence perspectives of Liszt's Weimar students.

Hence, this diary by Carl V. Lachmund [1853-1928] and edited by Lisztian scholar Dr. Alan Walker serves to add to the Liszt literature as do the subsequently published diaries of other Liszt Weimar students, August Göllerich, Lina Schmalhausen, Amy Fay, Alexander Siloti and Arthur Friedheim. For researchers, the Carl V. Lachmund material is available in the original at the New York Public Library under the collection ID of JPB 92-1. Of note, and this from the NYPL collection itelf, [with full 'identification' contents of the entire collection [20 boxes] available online from the New York Public Library], "Lachmund was the only American [student] to ever have a testimonial letter from Liszt himself."

A word about prices! Various vendors will offer this book from time to time and the prices can vary widely sometimes exceeding the Amazon price and other times lower in price but keep in mind that when any item is ordered from an Amazon vendor [and please note, I've done plenty of business with Amazon vendors over the years generally with excellent results especially when tracking down hardcover editions which I prefer over soft cover editions although this particular book is 'only' in hardcover edition as far as I am aware], anyway, when dealing with Amazon vendors one must factor in individual vendor shipping costs as well as any possible state sales tax issues depending on your geographical location.

Back to the student diaries in general, keep in mind also that the remarks made by former Liszt students are wholly 'subjective' in nature and while they in fact, IMO anyway, add to the Liszt literature in general, comments about Liszt per se should not be interpreted as the proverbial 'last word' because it is not unlikely to have one student describe Liszt as an almost 'father figure' while another speaks of 'a taskmaster with sometimes rude criticisms' but much of this depends, again in my view and so stated therein, not necessarily "one of the master's bad moods" as quite possibly one of the student's 'bad moods' or indeed more blatant and repeated pianistic blunders!

This also addresses the matter of some folks believing Liszt merely 'gave piano lessons to those wishing to learn to play or at least play better beyond the novice level' [!] when in fact these were 'master classes'for those who knew the instrument very well and could equally and readily 'demonstrate' samenot just to Liszt himself but his rather accomplished pupils as well. Sort of a built-in peer system so to speak where talent at the instrument was a 'given' albeit at the very get-go and well 'prior' to seeking out Liszt! Often, when the student began to hear the word "conservatory" coming from Liszt, well, it was time to RE-assesswhether Liszt master classes was the appropriate forum for their pianistic abilities .. or lack thereof.The students themselves freely rendering such opinions and of course being rather protective of their own position in the pecking order of things. Even Weimar had its 'maximum capacity' as it were.


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Publisher: John LanePublication date: 1911Subjects: ComposersBiography ... Read more

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:that for three months past I have hardly sent as many as three to four letters to Germany.Remember me most particularly to Herr Rcgier- ungsrath Miiller.13. To Dr. Franz Brendel.D-ear Friend,Your friendly letter has again brought me a whiff of German air, which is all the more welcome to me here as I have not too much of it. One sees extremely few German papers in Rome—also I read them very irregularly—and my correspondents from Germany are limited to two, of whom friend Gottschalg, my legendary Tieffurt Cantor, is the most zealous. His letters flow from his heart—and are therefore always welcome to me.For all of good news that you tell me I give you twofold thanks. Firstly, because you have for the most part brought it about, prefaced it, and seen it through. And then, because you tell it me in so friendly a fashion. Although I have long been prepared to bear the f1asco of my works quietly and unmoved, yet still it is pleasant to me to learn that the Faust Symphony in Leipzig did not have such a very bad fate.2 Do not fail, dear friend, to give Herr Schnorr my best thanks—and if perchance my songs would be a little pleasure to him will Kahnt1 A friend of Liszt's, a multifarious writer on music; died 1876. Autograph in the possession of Herr Alexander Meyer Cohn in Berlin.5 In one of the "Euterpe" concerts, under Bronsart's conducting, at which Schnorr of Carolsfeld sang the tenor solo.be so good as to send Schnorr a copy (bound) at my order ?With regard to the Bronsart affair, I sincerely regret that I had not the opportunity of smoothing matters do%vn sooner. Between people of one mind dissension and variance should never appear—much less lead to an outbreak. As you ask me for my opinion, I openly confess that in the main Bronsart appears ... ... Read more

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FRANZ LISZT LHomme d Amour by GUY DE POURTALES Translated from the French by ELEANOR STIMSON BROOKS Great music it the handwriting the complete w.-PAUL VAL Y NEW YORK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY BY JBtOLX AND C O M JP A. N THE XJNIXED STATES OF THE LIFE OF LISZT I cannot conceive of the spirit of music as residing anywhere but in love.-WAGNER. ADAM LISZT and his young wife, Anna Lager, had no sooner finished moving into their new house at Raiding than they began to find time heavy on their hands. The new superintendent, who was the sole townsman among the peasant huts of this remote village, found nothing that appealed to him in the ugly building that was to serve as his quarters on Prince Esterhazys estate. The memory of Eisenstadt, where he had spent so many delightful years, filled him with home sickness. Eisenstadt lay several hours distant from Raiding, and although both were situated in the district of QEdenburg, the little town, across the Hungarian plains, seemed as far away as happiness. It was not that Adam Liszt was naturally gloomy, but he loved the life of society and music. Nothing delighted him more than his masters beautiful assemblies when that magnates court Was glorified by the presence of the illustrious Haydn and the famous Hummel, Mozarts favorite pupil. He almost regretted that he had shown himself so reliable an agent, since these very qualities had brought him the present detested promotion. But 1 2 FRANZ LISZT like the good Christian and faithful employee that he was, Adam Liszt resigned himself to his duties. His young wife accepted this new solitude with a better grace. In the evening she obliged him to sit down at the piano or play on the guitar and did her best to console him for a life which he often referred to as a failure, for he believed himself born for the career of a virtuoso. Haydn himself agreed with him in this. But it was now too late to go back and, aban doning the keyboard with some bitterness, Adam Liszt set himself to the study of his masters rents. One day, in the early spring of 1811, while the young couple were strolling about the garden, Anna confided to her husband that she believed she was going to have a child. They decided that it was to be a boy and that he should travel the glorious but difficult road of which his father continued to dream so vainly. As the day of her confinement approached, Mme. Liszt seldom left her room, and in the evening the superintendent would read the newspapers aloud to her. Towards the middle of October they were much interested in the comet that was visible every night in the sky. It seemed a good omen. If only the child might be born while it still shone During the night of the 21-22, in the very nick of time, the ex pected son made his entry into the world. He received the name of Franz. He was so puny that at first he was not expected to live, and during his first years his parents had to wage an unremitting battle for his life. Fever and a nervous ailment alter nately ravaged his feeble body and brought on faint ing fits. Once, returning from a tour of inspection, FRANZ LISZT 3 the father found his wife crushed with grief by the bedside of the dead child. The village carpenter took his measurements and prepared the coffin. But little Franz came back to life in spite of the doctor. These troubles lasted until his sixth year when his health be came established. Meanwhile, life in Raiding had lost none of its severity, and, except in vacations when they flew to Eisenstadt, the Liszts lived like pariahs on their spot of earth. A few rare visits from friends, the books from a library chosen by chance, which the prince had placed at the disposal of his superintendent, the piano and the guitar were the only distractions. One Sunday, when the elder Liszt had sat down at the piano to play Ries Concerto in C-sharp-minor, little Franz, who at the time was six years old, stole in beside him... ... Read more