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Me of all people

Alfred Brendel in conversation with Martin Meyer

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""I was not a child prodigy; indeed, I had none of the requisite qualities for making a successful career." This "shortcoming" has not prevented Alfred Brendel from becoming one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. His solo recitals and appearances with the leading orchestras of the world make him a regular guest in London, Paris, New York, Vienna, Berlin, Munich, and Amsterdam, and at the major European and American music festivals.".

"In a series of dialogues with Martin Meyer, Brendel speaks about his life, the development of his career, his music-making, his travels, his poems and essays; about his childhood in Zagreb, adolescence in Graz, and experiences as a young man in Vienna ("I was in Vienna, but I was never a 'genuine' Viennese"); about literature, painting, architecture, and kitsch.".

"Brendel talks about the freedoms and obligations of a performer and discusses the work of musicians who have fascinated him - Alfred Cortot, Edwin Fischer, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Wilhelm Kempff and Bruno Walter - and those who have irritated him, as did Glenn Gould. The conversations between Brendel and Meyer are both serious and witty.

Me of All People abounds in amusing anecdotes and contains penetrating insights into the music of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Busoni, and Schoenberg."--BOOK JACKET.

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English
Pages
275

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Cover of: Me of All People
Me of All People: Alfred Brendel in Conversation With Martin Meyer
October 2002, Cornell University Press
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Cover of: Me of all people
Me of all people: Alfred Brendel in conversation with Martin Meyer
2002, Cornell University Press
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Cover of: Ausgerechnet Ich
Ausgerechnet Ich: Gesprache Mit Martin Meyer
January 2001, Hanser Gardner Publications
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Ithaca, N.Y

Edition Notes

Translation of: Ausgerechnet ich.

Originally published in German: Carl Hanser Verlag, c2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
786.2092, B
Library of Congress
ML417.B855 A5 2002, HT123 .G72

The Physical Object

Pagination
275 p. ;
Number of pages
275

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24929641M
Internet Archive
meofallpeoplealf00bren
ISBN 10
0801440998
ISBN 13
9780801440991
LCCN
2002073548
OCLC/WorldCat
50004521

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