The devil's music master : the controversial life and career of Wilhelm Furtwängler /

The devil's music master : the controversial life and career of Wilhelm Furtwängler /

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Author / Creator:Shirakawa, Sam H.
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Description:xvi, 506 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Furtwängler, Wilhelm, -- 1886-1954
Furtwängler, Wilhelm, -- 1886-1954.
Conductors (Music) -- Germany -- Biography.
Conductors (Music)
Germany.
Biography.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1351004
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ISBN:0195065085 (acid-free paper) : $35.00
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. With Music Empowered
  • 2. Mannheim
  • 3. Berlin
  • 4. America
  • 5. Successes and Conquests
  • 6. Decisions
  • 7. Weimar and the Third Reich
  • 8. Nazimania
  • 9. Prometheus Agonistes
  • 10. Staatsrat
  • 11. The Hindemith Scandal
  • 12. Another Scandal
  • 13. A Meeting of Minds
  • 14. Devilish Duties--I
  • 15. Devilish Duties--II
  • 16. The Devil's Birthday
  • 17. Trial by Patience
  • 18. Day of Reckoning
  • 19. Trial by Endurance
  • 20. Autumn Fires
  • 21. The Tristan Recording
  • 22. The Studio Recordings
  • 23. The Live Recordings I: The War Recordings
  • 24. The Live Recordings II: Ring Cycles and Cyclical Issues
  • 25. Eroica
  • 26. Coda: A Dominant Ninth
  • Index

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