Walker, Alan - Hans Von Bulow

Hans von Bulow's career unfolded in at least six directions simultaneously. He was a renowned concert pianist; the first virtuoso orchestral conductor; a respected (and sometimes feared) teacher; an influential editor of works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Chopin, and above all of Beethoven, in the performance of whose music he had no rival; a scourge as a music critic; and lastly, he was himself also a composer of music. In Hans von Bulow: A Life and Times, Alan Walker, the acclaimed author of numerous award-winning books on the era's iconic composers, provides the first full-length English biography of this remarkable musical figure.

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CONTENTS

Illustrations
The Bulow Chronicles
Bulow's Family Tree
Prologue
1 From Alpha to Omega
2 Bulow's Family Background
BOOK ONE: ON THE SLOPES OF PARNASSUS, 1830-1869
3 The Early Years
4 With Liszt in Weimar
5 The Growing Virtuoso. 1853-1855
6 Berlin, 1855-64 I: A City of Mingled Chimes
7 Berlin, 1855-64 II: Marriage to Cosima
8 Catastrophe in Munich, 1864-69
BOOK TWO: ASCENDING THE PEAK, 1870-1880
9 Bulow in Florence
10 First Tours of Britain - and Beyond, 1873-1875
11 The First Tour of America, 1875-76
12 A Scottish Interlude, 1877-78
13 At Hanover, 1877-79
14 Britannia Scorned, 1878-1879
BOOK THREE: VISTAS FROM THE SUMMIT, 1880-1894
15 The Meiningen Years, 1880-1885 I: The Meiningen Miracle
16 The Meiningen Years, 1880-1885 II: Enter Marie Schanzer
17 The Meiningen Years, 1880-1885 III: Paths of Glory
18 Bulow the Pedagogue: The Frankfurt Masterclasses, 1884-1887
19 A New Home in Hamburg, 1886
20 The Berlin Philharmonic, 1887-92 I: The Eagle's Wings
21 Return to America, 1889-1890
22 The Berlin Philharmonic, 1887-92 II: 'Glory, Honour, and Good Fortune'
23 The Last Days and Death of Bulow, 1893-94.
Appendix I: Bulow's Autopsy Report
Appendix II: Complete Catalogue of Bulow's Compositions, Transcriptions, and Editions
Appendix III: Bulow's Titles and Honours
List of Sources
Index