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The Lady from Arezzo

My Musical Life and Other Matters

Alfred Brendel author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Faber & Faber

Published:7th Nov '19

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The new essay collection from one of music's most original thinkers.

The title of this collection of essays refers to a tailor's mannequin that Alfred Brendel spotted in a shop window in Arezzo, a small Tuscan town. And so, in his delightful new collection, great masters of nonsense meet great masters of music.The title of this collection of essays refers to a tailor's mannequin that Alfred Brendel spotted in a shop window in Arezzo, a small Tuscan town. Who is this strange lady? What is she looking at? And why is she carrying an egg on her head? The mannequin now graces a room in the attic of Brendel's house in Hampstead. Her features convey great artistic seriousness in combination with absurd comedy: the epitome of his own musical and literary preferences. And so, in his delightful new collection, great masters of nonsense meet great masters of music.

ISBN: 9780571353729

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 10mm

Weight: 329g

136 pages

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