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Title:

Musical biography : towards new paradigms / edited by Jolanta T. Pekacz.

Publisher:

Ashgate Pub.,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xi, 232 p. : ill. ; c 24 cm.

Subject:

Musicians--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Musicians--Political aspects.--Political aspects.
Musicians--Social aspects.--Social aspects.
Musiciens--Histoire et critique.--Histoire et critique.
Musiciens--Aspect politique.--Aspect politique.
Musiciens--Aspect social.--Aspect social.
Musici.
Biografieën.
Muzieksociologie.
Muziekleven.

Other Authors:

Pekacz, Jolanta T., 1956-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-222) and index.

Contents:

"Renovating" Bach and Handel : new musical biographies in the German Democratic Republic / Toby Thacker -- The nation's property : Chopin's biography as a cultural discourse / Jolanta T. Pekacz -- Maurice Ravel : private life, public works / Steven Huebner -- Lingering legends : Liszt after Walker / Michael Saffle -- Fanny in Italy : the female composer as travel writer / Marian Wilson Kimber -- This is (y)our life : (re-)writing women's autobiographies in music in nineteenth-century Germany / James Deaville -- Unremarkable musical lives : autobiograhical narratives, music, and the shaping of the self / David Gramit -- A life on film : Renato Castellani's The life of Verdi / John C. Tibbetts.

ISBN:

9780754651512 (alk. paper)
0754651517 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60715161

LCCN:

2005017374

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)