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Music, Wit and Wisdom: The Autobiography of Arthur Schnabel
298 pages
Published
2009
by Wolke
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For a musician, this book was extremely interesting! For a non-musician (although I don't know many who doesn't "like" music) I believe it would also be very fascinating. Artur Schnabel lived at a time that was not entirely to separated from Beethoven, maybe a couple of generations. Awesome! I loved his descriptions of his early years in Vienna, and I enjoyed all of his touring experiences. I loved his concept of playing music in the home "home concerts" so to say. I wish this would come back mo
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Artur Schnabel was an Austrian classical pianist, who also composed and taught. Schnabel was known for his intellectual seriousness as a musician, avoiding pure technical bravura. Among the 20th century's most respected and most important pianists, his playing displayed a vitality, profundity and spirituality in the Austro-German classics, particularly the works of Beethoven and Schubert. His perf
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