E.T.A. Hoffmann's musical writings Kreisleriana, The Poet and the Composer, Music Criticism
E. T. A. Hoffmann, David Charlton, Martyn Clarke, Cambridge University Press (Publisher)
This book offers a long-awaited opportunity to assess the thought and influence of one of the most famous of all writers on music and the musical links with his fiction. Containing the first complete appearance in English of Kreisleriana, it reveals a masterpiece of imaginative writing and whose profound humour and irony can now be fully appreciated.
Print Book, English, 2003
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003
Criticism, interpretation, etc
XVI, 476 Seiten Illustrationen , Notenbeispiele 23 cm
9780521543392, 0521543398
1011339587
List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Kreisleriana and The Poet and the Composer: Editor's preface to Kreisleriana and The Poet and the Composer; Part II. Music Criticism: Sources and suppositive reviews by Frederick Schnapp; Appendix; Index.
Ser. statement from jacket
Includes index