The third volume in Alan Walker\'s magisterial biography of Franz Liszt. is now the definitive work on Liszt in English and belongs in all music collections."-- Library Journal. . .
This three-part work . . . .
The result is a textured portrait of Liszt and his times without rival."--Elliot Ravetz, Time "The prose is so lively that the reader is often swept along by the narrative.
And whereas many have recycled the same erroneous, often damaging information, Walker has relied on his own prodigious, globe-trotting research, a project spanning twenty-five years.
A formidable musicologist with a lively polemical style, he discusses the composer\'s works with greater understanding and clarity than any previous biographer.
Schonberg, Wall Street Journal "What distinguishes Walker from Liszt\'s dozens of earlier biographers is that he is equally strong on the music and the life.
These three volumes will be the definitive work to which all subsequent Liszt biographies will aspire."--Harold C.
Walker makes the man and his age come to life.
Mr.
Kern Holoman, New York Review of Books "A conscientious scholar passionate about his subject. "You can\'t help but keep turning the pages, wondering how it will all turn out: and Walker\'s accumulated readings of Liszt\'s music have to be taken seriously indeed."--D.
The third volume in Alan Walker\'s magisterial biography of Franz Liszt
