Author: JOHN SUCHET
Title: The Last Waltz. The Strauss Dynasty and Vienna
Description: Thomas Dunne Books. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 277. Captured in a beautiful package, including more than fifty color photographs, is the intriguing story of of the Viennese Strauss family known for producing some of the best known, best loved music of the nineteenth century. Johann and Josef Strauss, the Waltz Kings, composed hundreds of instantly recognizable and enduringnmelodies, including The Blue Danube Waltz, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Voices of Spring and The Radetzky March. Their iconic music has been featured on the scores of nearly a thousand films.nYet despite their success, this was a family riven with tension, feuds and jealousy, living in a country that was undergoing seismic upheaval.nThrough the personal and political chaos, the Strauss family continued to compose music to which the Viennese " anxious to forget their troubles " could dance and drank champagne, even as their country hurtled towards oblivion at the hands of the First World War.nClassical music expert and radio host John Suchet skillfully portrays this gripping story, capturing the family dramas, the tensions, triumphs and disasters against the turbulent backdrop of Austria in the nineteenth century, from revolution to regicide. ISBN: 9781250094117. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9781250094117
See more books from our catalog: Muziek
Title: The Last Waltz. The Strauss Dynasty and Vienna
Description: Thomas Dunne Books. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 277. Captured in a beautiful package, including more than fifty color photographs, is the intriguing story of of the Viennese Strauss family known for producing some of the best known, best loved music of the nineteenth century. Johann and Josef Strauss, the Waltz Kings, composed hundreds of instantly recognizable and enduringnmelodies, including The Blue Danube Waltz, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Voices of Spring and The Radetzky March. Their iconic music has been featured on the scores of nearly a thousand films.nYet despite their success, this was a family riven with tension, feuds and jealousy, living in a country that was undergoing seismic upheaval.nThrough the personal and political chaos, the Strauss family continued to compose music to which the Viennese " anxious to forget their troubles " could dance and drank champagne, even as their country hurtled towards oblivion at the hands of the First World War.nClassical music expert and radio host John Suchet skillfully portrays this gripping story, capturing the family dramas, the tensions, triumphs and disasters against the turbulent backdrop of Austria in the nineteenth century, from revolution to regicide. ISBN: 9781250094117. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9781250094117
Price: EUR 8.50 = appr. US$ 9.24 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 2050350
- Book number: 2050350
See more books from our catalog: Muziek