Results for: books tagged ‘Vienna’
Zemlinsky: Antony Beaumont
Antony Beaumont has written a penetrating study of the composer and conductor Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942). 'Zemlinsky - all hail to you!', wrote the young Alma Mahler-Werfel, 'All hail to you ... More
Alma Mahler-Werfel: Diaries 1898-1902: Antony Beaumont
Born in 1879 in Vienna, Alma Mahler-Werfel was the daughter of the popular landscape painter, Emil J. Schindler. Her stepfather, Carl Moll, was instrumental in forming the Secession movement and ... More
Mahler's Conversion: Ronald Harwood
'I belong nowhere.'Obsessed with power and fame, Gustav Mahler rejects his Jewish background and his friends with devastating consequences.Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), a composer and conductor of passion and genius, was ... More
The Veil of Order: Alfred Brendel and Martin Meyer
'I was not a child prodigy; indeed, I had none of the requisite qualities for making a successful career' - which has not prevented Alfred Brendel from becoming one of ... More
Gustav Mahler: Letters to his Wife: Gustav Mahler
Alma Mahler-Werfel was one of the most fascinating and ambivalent of twentieth-century women. Her book Gustav Mahler: Memories and Letters (1940) includes 159 of Mahler's letters, yet only 37 of ... More
Lucia in the Age of Napoleon: Andrea di Robilant
A stunning portrait of a remarkable woman, by the author of the international bestseller A Venetian Affair.In 1797, Lucia, the beautiful sixteen-year-old daughter of a Venetian statesman, was married off ... More
Fallen Bastions: G. E. R. Gedye
Fallen Bastions was first published in 1939. In its seventieth anniversary year, Faber Finds is proud to reissue it. G. E. R. Gedye was a journalist, and more to the ... More
Bruckner's Pains of Youth: Martin Crimp
A shocking, erotically charged play by Austrian writer Ferdinand Bruckner, presented in a compelling new version by Martin Crimp. More