Elisabeth Schumann : a biography / by Gerd Puritz ; edited and translated by Joy Puritz.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Andre Deutsch, ©1993.Description: 375 p., 16 p. of plates : ill., port. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0233987940
  • 9780233987941
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 20 782.1092  SCH
LOC classification:
  • ML420.S388 P8 1993
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Ch. 1 Childhood -- Ch. 2 Finding a Teacher -- Ch. 3 Dresden -- Ch. 4 Berlin -- Ch. 5 Hamburg, 1909-1913 -- Ch. 6 Hamburg, 1913-1917 -- Ch. 7 Hamburg, 1917-1919 -- Ch. 8 Vienna, 1919-1921 -- Ch. 9 With Strauss in America, 1921 -- Ch. 10 Spain and Vienna, 1922-1924 -- Ch. 11 Italy, England and Vienna, 1924 -- Ch. 12 Vienna, 1924-1925 -- Ch. 13 Vienna, 1926-1928 -- Ch. 14 Vienna, 1929-1933 -- Ch. 15 Vienna, 1933-1936 -- Ch. 16 Vienna, 1936-1938 -- Ch. 17 1938: Emigrations -- Ch. 18 1938-1945: Exile and War -- Ch. 19 New York and Europe, 1945-1947 -- Ch. 20 New York and Europe, 1947-1950 -- Ch. 21 New York and Europe and South Africa, 1950-1951 -- Ch. 22 The Last Months, 1951-1952. Epilogue -- A Tribute by Lotte Lehmann -- List of Recordings by Floris Juynboll & James Seddon -- Recordings Indexed by Discography Numbers -- Index.
Summary: "The great soprano Elisabeth Schumann has her first outstanding triumph at the age of 23, in 1911, when she dazzled the audiences as Sophia, in Der Rosenkavalier. She was to become one of Richard Strauss's favourite interpreters of his work because of the silvery purity of her voice, the strength of her technique (so infallible that the listener could forget it and hear only what seemed to be a birdlike naturalness), and her instinctive taste and judgement. She was a glorious artist - and, now we learn, a truly enchanting woman." -- Jacket.
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782.1092 PAV The king & I : 782.1092 PLE The great singers : 782.1092 SCH Elisabeth Schumann : 782.1092 SCH Elisabeth Schumann : 782.1092 SCO Scotto : 782.1092 SLA Singing my way / 782.1092 STR The real traviata :

Includes index.

Discography: p. 343-363.

Acknowledgements -- Ch. 1 Childhood -- Ch. 2 Finding a Teacher -- Ch. 3 Dresden -- Ch. 4 Berlin -- Ch. 5 Hamburg, 1909-1913 -- Ch. 6 Hamburg, 1913-1917 -- Ch. 7 Hamburg, 1917-1919 -- Ch. 8 Vienna, 1919-1921 -- Ch. 9 With Strauss in America, 1921 -- Ch. 10 Spain and Vienna, 1922-1924 -- Ch. 11 Italy, England and Vienna, 1924 -- Ch. 12 Vienna, 1924-1925 -- Ch. 13 Vienna, 1926-1928 -- Ch. 14 Vienna, 1929-1933 -- Ch. 15 Vienna, 1933-1936 -- Ch. 16 Vienna, 1936-1938 -- Ch. 17 1938: Emigrations -- Ch. 18 1938-1945: Exile and War -- Ch. 19 New York and Europe, 1945-1947 -- Ch. 20 New York and Europe, 1947-1950 -- Ch. 21 New York and Europe and South Africa, 1950-1951 -- Ch. 22 The Last Months, 1951-1952. Epilogue -- A Tribute by Lotte Lehmann -- List of Recordings by Floris Juynboll & James Seddon -- Recordings Indexed by Discography Numbers -- Index.

"The great soprano Elisabeth Schumann has her first outstanding triumph at the age of 23, in 1911, when she dazzled the audiences as Sophia, in Der Rosenkavalier. She was to become one of Richard Strauss's favourite interpreters of his work because of the silvery purity of her voice, the strength of her technique (so infallible that the listener could forget it and hear only what seemed to be a birdlike naturalness), and her instinctive taste and judgement. She was a glorious artist - and, now we learn, a truly enchanting woman." -- Jacket.

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