The Life of Haydn, in a Series of Letters Written at Vienna
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication date:
- October 2014
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781139839198
- 9781108061971
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- Dimensions:
- (216 x 140 mm)
- Weight & Pages:
- 0.65kg, 518 Pages
- Subjects:
- Music, Opera, Eighteenth-Century Music, Music: General Interest
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- Music, Opera, Eighteenth-Century Music, Music: General Interest
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Book description
Marie-Henri Beyle (1783–1842), better known by his pen name Stendhal, is remembered today for such novels as Le Rouge et le Noir. In his lifetime, he wrote in a variety of literary genres and under a multitude of names. Louis-Alexandre-César Bombet was his choice of pseudonym for these early works, originally published in French in 1814. His lives of Haydn and Mozart were substantially derived from works by Giuseppe Carpani and Théophile Winckler respectively. Despite this audacious plagiarism, Stendhal's passion for music is evident, especially for Mozart, whose Clemenza di Tito he had enjoyed in Königsberg during the winter of 1812 whilst serving in Napoleon's army. Of especial interest to the modern reader are Stendhal's frequent digressions expressing his forthright opinions on the issues and figures of his day. This reissue is of Robert Brewin's English translation of 1817, with additional notes by the composer William Gardiner.
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