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001  32880376
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008  020610s2002    nyug          001 0deng  
010      $a2002073548
020      $a0801440998 (cloth)
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099      $aML417.B855A5 2002
100  1   $aBrendel, Alfred.
240  10  $aAusgerechnet ich.$lEnglish.
245  10  $aMe of all people :$bAlfred Brendel in
         conversation with Martin Meyer /$ctranslated by Richard
         Stokes.
260      $aIthaca, N.Y. :$bCornell University Press,$c2002.
300      $a275 p. :$bmusic ;$c24 cm.
500      $aIncludes index.
520  1   $a""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.
600  10  $aBrendel, Alfred$vInterviews.
650   0  $aPianists$vInterviews.
700  1   $aMeyer, Martin,$d1951-