The Polyphonic Man
The Polyphonic Man
Author(s): Alice TacuContributor(s): Simina Neagu (Translator)
Subject(s): Music
Published by: Editura Universității Naționale de Muzică din București
Keywords: Polyphonic Man; Liszt; New German School;
Summary/Abstract: We know Liszt as a composer, we revere him as the fabulous virtuoso of the 19th century, but we tend to forget that his ability to make everything he touches flourish also spread in his conducting. From the rigid gestures of the conductors of that time to the elastic movements that show the expression which Liszt proposed, and to what this personality achieved through conducting: establishing Weimar as the musical centre of the “progressives”, being a sort of springboard of the New German School, promoting new and less known music by conducting it – all this fills in a rounder picture of Liszt the musician.
Journal: Musicology Today: Journal of the National University of Music Bucharest
- Issue Year: 2/2011
- Issue No: 8
- Page Range: 225-251
- Page Count: 27
- Language: English
