ABSTRACT

First Published in 1988. This is Volume 5 of seven in the Musicology: A Book Series. Witnesses and Scholars, is a collection studies in musical biography. The series covers a creative range of musical topics, from historical and theoretical subjects to social and philosophical studies. Volumes thus far published show the extent of this broad spectrum. disciplinary studies, ethnomusicological works, and performance analyses. With this series, it is the aim to expand the field and definition of musical exploration and research.

chapter Chapter I|17 pages

Biography and History

chapter Chapter II|20 pages

Collecting Musical Biographies in the Eighteenth Century

chapter Chapter III|8 pages

Giorgio Vasari and Musical Biography

chapter Chapter V|16 pages

Collective Biography and National Pride

chapter Chapter VII|21 pages

The Composer as Romantic Hero

chapter Chapter VIII|12 pages

Around Wasielewski and his Schumann Biography

chapter Chapter IX|11 pages

The Memoirs of Eduard Hanslick

chapter Chapter X|22 pages

Does Documentary Biography have a Future?

chapter Chapter XI|21 pages

Autobiography, Creativity, and Musical Meaning