Alan Walker is a distinguished author whose deep explorations into music history and interpretation have left an indelible mark. His work is characterized by meticulous research and a penetrating analytical eye focused on the lives and compositions of musical giants. Walker's essays and biographies offer readers rich insights into the complexities of musical artistry and its creators. His writing is valued for its erudition and its ability to make complex subjects accessible to a wide audience.
Focusing on personal growth, this insightful book guides readers through a transformative journey aimed at uncovering the secrets to a fulfilling life. It offers thought-provoking ideas and practical insights, encouraging self-discovery and reflection to help individuals achieve deeper satisfaction and meaning in their lives.
Kniha zpracovává aktuální sociologicko-demografické téma "stárnutí v Evropě" pro potřeby veřejné politiky i v širším společenském kontextu. Text doplňují demonstrativní grafy, poznámkový aparát a relevantní literaturu.
Based on ten years of research and a vast cache of primary sources located in archives in Warsaw, Paris, London, New York, and Washington, D.C., Alan Walker's monumental Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times is the most comprehensive biography of the great Polish composer to appear in English in more than a century. Walker's work is a corrective biography, intended to dispel the many myths and legends that continue to surround Chopin. Fryderyk Chopin is an intimate look into a dramatic life; of particular focus are Chopin's childhood and youth in Poland, which are brought into line with the latest scholarly findings, and Chopin's romantic life with George Sand, with whom he lived for nine years. Comprehensive and engaging, and written in highly readable prose, the biography wears its scholarship lightly: this is a book suited as much for the professional pianist as it is for the casual music lover. Just as he did in his definitive biography of Liszt, Walker illuminates Chopin and his music with unprecedented clarity in this magisterial biography, bringing to life one of the nineteenth century's most confounding, beloved, and legendary artists. -- back cover
Hans von Bulow's career unfolded in at least six directions simultaneously. He was a renowned concert pianist; the first virtuoso orchestral conductor; a respected (and sometimes feared) teacher; an influential editor of works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Chopin, and above all of Beethoven, in the performance of whose music he had no rival; a scourge as a music critic; and lastly, he was himself also a composer of music. In Hans von Bulow: A Life and Times, Alan Walker, the acclaimed author of numerous award-winning books on the era's iconic composers, provides the first full-length English biography of this remarkable musical figure.
A personal retreat is a vacation for the spirit, when we turn away from everyday concerns to reconnect with our spiritual side.
A groundbreaking book concerning the excavation of Nariokotome Boy, which asserts, among other things, that Homo Erectus lacked language.
Z obsahu: I. Zaslíbení Ducha, II. Den letnic, III. Zvláštní křest Duchem, IV. Dary Ducha svatého, V. Ovoce Ducha, VI. Duch ve světě.
The Weimar Years, 1848-1861
Band 2 FRANZ LISZT The Weimar Years 1848-1861 von Alan Walker Alfred A Knopf, 1989. Dies ist ein festgelegtes First Edition Hardcover in einem ungeclipten Staubschutz. Das Buch und die Jacke sehen neu aus. Dieses Buch misst ca. 16,5 x 24,5 cm und hat 626 Seiten. Es hat eine genähte Bindung. Die Bretter sind mit schwarzem Stoff überzogen und es gibt Titel (in Gold) auf der Vorderseite und auf dem Rücken. Das Buch ist illustriert, einschließlich eines farbigen Frontispiece
This is the third in a set of three books following the life and achievements of Franz Liszt. This volume focuses on his final years, from 1861-1886.
