Hermann Levi From Brahms to Wagner
by Haas, Frithjof; Klohr, CynthiaFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2012-06-21
Publisher(s): Scarecrow Press
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Summary
Jewish conductor Hermann Levi (1839-1900) strove for excellence and recognition as a composer and conductor of classical music in nineteenth-century Germany. He unerringly devoted himself to the orchestral performance or works by the two major figures of the time: Johannes Brahms and Richard Wagner. In spite of the prevailing anti-Semitic atmosphere, Levi saw his conducting of Wagner's works as a major calling-one that pinnacled in the premier performance of Parsifal m Bayreuth.
Author Biography
Frithjof Haas was Kapellmeister and head of studies at Baden's National Theater in Karlsruhe from 1948 to 1987. Translator Cynthia Klohr, PhD, has translated books and essays in philosophy, psychology, the theory and history of science, cultural studies, human rights, and music.
Table of Contents
| Preface to the English | p. vii |
| Edition Artwork Permissions | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. xiii |
| Abbreviations | p. xv |
| Family, Studies, and First Positions | p. 1 |
| From Giessen to Mannheim | p. 1 |
| Studies in Leipzig and Paris | p. 10 |
| Years in Saarbrucken, Mannheim, and Rotterdam | p. 26 |
| First Intermezzo: The Composer Hermann Levi | p. 43 |
| Karlsruhe and Brahms | p. 51 |
| Chief Conductor at the Court Theater in Karlsruhe | p. 51 |
| Friendship with Johannes Brahms | p. 60 |
| From A German Requiem to The Mastersingers of Nuremberg | p. 75 |
| Farewell to Karlsruhe, Triumphlied | p. 94 |
| Second Intermezzo: The Conductor Hermann Levi | p. 113 |
| Bavarian Court Conductor Levi | p. 119 |
| An End to Friendship with Brahms | p. 136 |
| Society around Paul Heyse and Franz von Lenbach | p. 147 |
| The Spell of the Grail | p. 158 |
| Third Intermezzo: Editor Hermann Levi | p. 185 |
| The Struggle over the Bayreuth Legacy | p. 193 |
| From Perfall to Possart-And the Advent of Anton Bruckner | p. 200 |
| Cosima Wagner and Her "Major" | p. 220 |
| Literary Ambition: Mozart and Goethe | p. 236 |
| Epilogue: Levi's Religion | p. 253 |
| Appendix: Works by Hermann Levi | p. 257 |
| Bibliography | p. 265 |
| Index | p. 267 |
| About the Author | p. 279 |
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