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Published by Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1996, 1996
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
Jefferson, Alan, 1921-. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1996, 285pp., very good dust-jacket, very good black cloth. Internationally renowned as the finest Mozart and Strauss soprano since World War II, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was a preeminent performer in both opera and Lieder for three decades. She is as popular today as when she gave her farewell recital in 1979; Schwarzkopf's master classes have been televised, and she remains one of EMI's best-selling recording artists. In this first full-length biography, Alan Jefferson illuminates Schwarzkopf's remarkable life and career. Analyzing in fascinating detail her skillful and distinguished performances on the opera stage and in the recording studio. Jefferson examines her unique vocal and interpretative gifts, although acknowledging that charges of artifice and mannerism leveled at her by some critics are not without merit. He draws on extensive research and archival documentation, including the Nazi Party's two-thousand-page file on Schwarzkopf, to explore her tenure as a soloist at the Deutsches Opernhaus in Berlin during Hitler's regime as well as her active and willing involvement in the Nazi Party. Jefferson also provides a revealing discussion of Schwarzkopf's complex partnership with and marriage to the maverick impresario and record producer Walter Legge. He considers her working relationships with Europe's leading conductors, including Wilhelm Furtwangler, Victor de Sabata, Karl Bohm, and, in particular, Herbert von Karajan, whose influence on., Schwarzkopf's operatic career was not always beneficial. 9781555532727 ISBN 1555532721.
Published by London : J. MacRae Books, 1988, 1988
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
, Jefferson, Alan, 1921-. Lotte Lehmann, 1888-1976. London : J. MacRae Books, 1988, vii, 333pp., very good dust-jacket, very good black cloth. 9780862033118 ISBN 086203311X.
Published by London New York : Dent ; Octagon Books, 1972
ISBN 10: 0460031317ISBN 13: 9780460031318
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; Master musicians series. Physical description; xi, 179 p., [8] leaves. : illus., facsim., music, ports. ; 20 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. 151-157. Subject; Delius, Frederick (1862-1934). Genres; Bibliography. Biography. Illustrated. 1 Kg.
Published by London New York : Dent ; Octagon Books, 1972
ISBN 10: 0460031317ISBN 13: 9780460031318
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Book First Edition
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; Master musicians series. Physical description; xi, 179 p., [8] leaves. : illus., facsim., music, ports. ; 20 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. 151-157. Subject; Delius, Frederick (1862-1934). Genres; Bibliography. Biography. Illustrated. 1 Kg.