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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Vintage Books
Publication date
December 1, 1999
Pages
699
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780679745822
ISBN-10
0679745823
Dimensions
1 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
1.55 lbs.
Original list price
$22.00
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A new biography of the great composer reveals an intensely private man who emerged from mercantile Hamburg, where he once played piano for raucous crowds of prostitutes and drunken sailors, to be proclaimed the new messiah of Romanticism by Robert Schumann. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.
Editions
Hardcover
from Alfred a Knopf Inc (October 1, 1997)
9780679422617 | details & prices | 699 pages | 6.75 × 9.75 × 2.00 in. | 2.70 lbs | List price $40.00
About: A biography of the nineteenth-century German composer looks at his daily life, his associates--including his relationships with Robert Schumann, Clara Shumann, Richard Wagner, and Eduard Hanslick--and his achievements as a composer
About: A biography of the nineteenth-century German composer looks at his daily life, his associates--including his relationships with Robert Schumann, Clara Shumann, Richard Wagner, and Eduard Hanslick--and his achievements as a composer
Paperback
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from Vintage Books (December 1, 1999)
9780679745822 | details & prices | 699 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.55 lbs | List price $22.00
About: A biography of the nineteenth-century German composer looks at his daily life, his associates--including his relationships with Robert Schumann, Clara Shumann, Richard Wagner, and Eduard Hanslick--and his achievements as a composer
About: A biography of the nineteenth-century German composer looks at his daily life, his associates--including his relationships with Robert Schumann, Clara Shumann, Richard Wagner, and Eduard Hanslick--and his achievements as a composer
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