Liszt in Context

Explores the political, social, philosophical and professional currents that influenced Franz Liszt's career as performer and composer.

Joanne Cormac (Edited by)

9781108421843, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 14 October 2021

400 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.68 kg

'one of the more valuable compendia of Liszt studies to appear in some time.' Patrick Rucker, Gramophone

Liszt in Context explores the political, social, philosophical and professional currents that surrounded Franz Liszt and illuminates the competing forces that influenced his music. Liszt was immersed in the religious, political and cultural debates of his day, and moved between institutions, places, and social circles with ease. All of this makes for a rich contextual tapestry against which Liszt composed some of the most iconic, popular, and also contentious music of the nineteenth century. His significance and astonishing reach cannot be over-stated, and his presence in nineteenth-century European culture, and his continuing influence into the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, are overwhelming. The focus on context, reception, and legacy that this volume provides reveals the multifaceted nature of Liszt's impact during his lifetime and beyond.

Preface
Part I. People and Places: 1. Family background Adrienne Kaczmarczyk
2. Teachers Paul Bertagnolli
3. Paris Bryan Whitelaw
4. Italy Anna Harwell Celenza
5. Liszt and Wagner David Trippett
6. The new German school James Deaville
7. Weimar Joanne Cormac
8. Liszt and his contemporaries Anne MacGregor
9. Liszt in Hungary Lynn Hooker
Part II. Society thought and culture: 10. The 'War of the Romantics' David Larkin
11. Visual art and artists Andrew Haringer
12. Literature and literary heroes Jonathan Kregor
13. Liszt, the women and the European salon culture of the nineteenth century Ulrike Müller
14. Liszt as writer Dorothea Redepenning
15. Patronage: the court Anna Harwell Celenza
16. Liszt and the network of revolution Malou Haine and Bruno Moysan
17. Liszt's national identity: What else is new? Shay Loya
18. Liszt and religion Eftychia Papanikolaou
Part III. Performance and composition: 19. Pianos and piano builders Andrew Haringer
20. Liszt on the road: The rise of the modern virtuoso pianist Christopher Gibbs
21. Virtuosity Jonathan Kregor
22. Improvisation Adrienne Kaczmarczyk
23. Transcription Jonathan Kregor
24. Liszt as conductor Donna M. Di Grazia
25. Publishers Adrienne Kaczmarczyk
26. Genre Joanne Cormac
Part IV. Reception and Legacy: 27. Pupils: Liszt as teacher Jonathan Kregor
28. Critics James Deaville
29. Lateness in context Shay Loya
30. Liszt and the 20th and 21st centuries Dorothea Redepenning
31. Life-writing Joanne Cormac
32. Iconography Alan Davison
33. Liszt in film Joanne Cormac
Index.

Subject Areas: Music reviews & criticism [AVC]