Books of the category "Biographies"
- Ausgewählte Erzählungen über Johann Sebastian Bach und seine Musik1. edition Berlin: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Berlin,A collection of stories, poems and a view historical sources. Not so much of music history but very much of appraisal for Bach and especially for the power of his faith. For me it was quite hard to get through this collection.
- Boris BlacherArchive zur Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts, Band 72003. - ISBN: 3-936000-20-4
- Der Mut zur ModerneDer internationale Ernst von Siemens Musikpreis - eine Dokumentation der Jahre 1999 bis 2003Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung,2004.
- Die Einflüsse einzelner Interpreten und Komponisten des 18. Jahrhunderts auf das Musikleben ihrer ZeitVIII. Wissenschaftliche Arbeitstagung Blankenburg/Harz, 27.-29. Juni 19801980.
- Menschen, Instrumente, Ereignisse in Bildern und DokumentenStuttgart: Unipart-Verlag,1983. - ISBN: 3 8122 0132 1
- 1000 Jahre illustrierte MusikgeschichteReichelsheim: Edition XXL,2000. - ISBN: 3-89736-304-6
- Flöte aktuellhttps://metihome.com/
- Dortmund: Harenberg Lexikon Verlag,2001. - ISBN: 3-611-00978-4
- Annales Hindemith 1989/XVIIIMainz: Schott Verlag,1992. - ISBN: 3-7957-0110-4Three articles regarding the dramatic works of Hindemith, his war service during world war I and a discussion about operas with sculptor Elkan.
- Swiss Classical Flautists, Swiss Jazz Flautists, Emmanuel Pahud, Andre Jaunet, Aurele Nicolet, Matthias Ziegler, Peter-Lukas Graf, Stefan KellerMemphis, Tennessee, USA: Books LLC,2010. - ISBN: 1157957927
- Rahsaan+Roland+Kirk%2c+Eric+Dolphy%2c+Jack+Kevorkian%2c+Lenny+Hambro%2c+Dave+Liebman%2c+Yusef+Lateef%2c+Henry+Threadgill2010. - ISBN: 978-1-155-92774-9
- Flöteninstrumente und ihre Baugeschichte - Spielpraxis - Komponisten und ihre Werke - Interpreten couch1. edition Laaber: Laaber-Verlag,2009. - ISBN: 978-3-89007-545-7
- Aitken, Robert Morris: L´Après-midi avec Jean-Pierre Rampalin: Tibia 3/95, S. 533ff1995.
- Ansermet, Ernest: Gespräche über Musik2. edition München: Piper,1985. - ISBN: 3-492-00374-5
- Arend, Max: GluckEine Biographie1. edition Berlin und Leipzig: Schuster & Loeffler,1921.
- Barz, Paul: MozartMünchen: dtv,2005. - ISBN: 3-423-24517-4A novel describing the time during which Mozart wrote the Magic Flute. In his thoughts and conversations his biography is also captured.The book contains also a list of relevant literature, some monochromatic pictures and a timetable of Mozart's live. A more detailed description in German you find in the blog.
- Beci, Veronika: Musiker und Mächtige2001. - ISBN: 3-538-07126-8
- Braun, Peter: Komponisten und ihre HäuserMünchen: dtv,2007. - ISBN: 978-3-423-24613-2
- Brown, David .: Peter I. TschaikowskyIm Spiegel seiner ZeitZürich: Atlantis Musikbuch Verlag,1993. - ISBN: 3-254-00211-3Collection of memories of his contemporaries, grouped by topics and/or periods in his life. The whole is a very colorful and sympathetic portrait of Tschaikowsky.
- Busch, Fritz: Aus dem Leben eines MusikersBerlin: Henschelverlag,1978.Autobiography of the conductor Fritz Busch. At the same time a vivid picture of German society and musical life during and between the two wars is drawn. To me he seemed to be a nice guy, living and working more for music than for his own fame. A detailed discussion of the book in German is to be found on the Blog.
- Ausgewählte SchriftenStuttgart: Reclam,
- Demmler, Fritz: Johann Georg Tromlitz (1725 - 1805)Ein Beitrag zur Entwicklung der Flöte und des Flötenspiels1961.
- Eggebrecht, Hans Heinrich: Bach - wer ist das?Zum Verständnis der Musik Johann Sebastian BachsMünchen: Piper,1992. - ISBN: 3-492-18323-9
- Epstein, Helen: Der musikalische Funkevon Musik, Musikern und vom Musizieren - Begegnungen und Gespräche mit berühmten Interpreten1. edition Bern: Scherz,1988.
- Fairley, Andrew: Flutes, Flautists & Makersactive or born before 1900London: Pan Educational Music,1982.
- Fitzgibbon, Henry Macaulay: The Story of the fluteA facsimile reprint of the 1915 EditionWildhern Press,2009. - ISBN: 978-1-84830-180-1
- Freymadl, C.: Heinrich Kaspar SchmidKomponisten in Bayern Band 44Tutzing: Hans Schneider,2004. - ISBN: 2 7952 1165 4
- Fries, Susan: My Teacher - Remembering Marcel MoyseBloomington: AuthorHouse,2007. - ISBN: 978-1-4259-8908-8
- Furtwängler, Wilhelm: Gespräche über Musik2. edition Zürich: Atlantis Musikbuch Verlag,1949.
- The bestselling story of "The Man with the Golden Flute"3. edition Coronet Books,1981. - ISBN: 0-340-24721-5
- Gerhold, Hartmut: Das Porträt - James GalwayIn: Tibia 4/88, S. 274 ffCelle: Edition Moeck,1988.
- Gerlach, Hannelore: Fünfzig sowjetische Komponisten der GegenwartFakten und Reflexionen1984.For each composer there is a very short biographic information, a list of works and a comment by the author. For some there is a recflection giving the composer himself a voice. Everything dated from the beginning of the 80ies and in a socialistic view.
- Celle: Edition Moeck,1987. - ISBN: 3-87549-028-2
- Haffner, Herbert: Die Berliner PhilharmonikerEine BiografieMainz: Schott Verlag,2007. - ISBN: 978-3-7957-050-9
- Die Staatskapelle Dresden zwischen Weber und Strauss1. edition Köln: Verlag Dohr,2011. - ISBN: 978-3-936655-91-9
- Hempel, Gunter: Musikstadt Leipzig3. edition Leipzig: VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik,1979. - ISBN: 3-370-00080-6
- Mainz: Schott Verlag,1964.Made from a hand writing probably made parallel with teaching. Includes numberless cites from works of this time. At the end there is also an index
- Ein verpflichtendes ErbeWiesbaden: Insel-Verlag,1955.Print version of a speech by Hindemith at the Bach festival in Hamburg on the 12th of September 1950.
- Höcker, Karla: Franz Schubert in seiner Welt2. edition München: dtv,1987. - ISBN: 3-7817-0763-6
- Hofmann, Renate: Über BrahmsStuttgart: Reclam,1997. - ISBN: 3-15-009622-7
- 1. edition Zürich: Atlantis Musikbuch Verlag,1952.Based on radio interviews with Bernard Gavoty in Paris
- Honolka, Kurt: Hugo WolfSein leben, sein Werk, seine Zeit5. edition München: Knaur,1988. - ISBN: 3-426-02418-7
- Honolka, Kurt: Leos JanacekSein Leben - sein Werk - seine ZeitStuttgart: Belser Verlag,1982. - ISBN: 3-7630-9027-4
- James, Wiliam Nelson: A word or two on the flute3. edition Trowbridge: Redwood Burn Ltd.,1982. - ISBN: 0-946113 00 9
- Dialoge, Monologe1. edition Köln: DuMont Buchverlag,2001. - ISBN: 3-7701-5267-0
- Keitel, Wilhelm: Gioachino Rossini1. edition Albrecht Knaus,1992. - ISBN: 3-8135-0364-XNice to read biography with time table, detailed bibliography, guide to all Rossini operas and short information on any composer mentioned in the book. I liked that well, a recension in length (and in German) is to be found on the blog.
- Kemp, Peter: Die Familie StraussGeschichte einer MusikerdynastieMünchen: Wilhelm Heyne Verlag,1991. - ISBN: 3-453-04621-8
- Kerner, Dieter: Krankheiten grosser MusikerStuttgart: Friedrich-Karl Schattauer-Verlag,1963.
- Kleinert, Annemarie: Berliner PhilharmonikerVon Karajan bis Rattle1. edition Berlin: Jaron Verlag,2005. - ISBN: 3-89773-131-2
- Klemm, Eberhardt: Hanns EislerFür Sie porträtiert von Eberhardt KlemmLeipzig: VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik,1973.
- A flute Player´s Notebook2. edition The National Flute Association,1997. - ISBN: 0-9657904-0-1
- Lindlar, Heinrich: Lübbes Strawinsky LexikonBergisch Gladbach: Bastei Lübbe ,1982. - ISBN: 3-404-61286-8
- Lipsius, Marie: Musikalische Studienköpfe11. edition Kindle eBooks,1913.Free eBook edition by Kindle of the printed version by Breitkopf and Härtel of the year 1913. There is much weight on the compositions and each biography is followed by a complete list of all works (dated of course 1913).
A more detailed information on this Ebook is given in German on the blog. - The instrument - the performer - the music9. edition Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press,- ISBN: 0-89672-285-6A very beautiful edition, including all addendi and an index. After reading only a few pages you already feel, that this was written by someone who loves flutes. After a short history of the flute and a description of different members of the flute family, there is a collection of all kinds of findings bearing reference to the flute some how (newspaper clippings, ethnology, about anything you can think of).Written in a chattily style, more entertaining than teaching. Quite exhilarant. As part of the more than 160 pages of elaborate biographies the author sometimes gives his own impression of the flutists he heard himself or reports of contemporaries. In the short biographies are many contemporaries of him included, which are no longer known today. Especially their publications are interesting.The chapter on flute music is full of interesting composers and works by composers from the first half of the twentieth century in America. Those are no longer known in Germany today.
- Manicke, Dietrich: In memoriam Hans-Peter Schmitzin Tibia 3/95, S. 541 ff1995.
- Mann, Rosemarie: Johann Sebastian BachHarmonie und KontrapunktBerlin: Verlag Neues Leben ,1998. - ISBN: 3-355-00552-5
- McCutchan, Ann: Marcel MoyseVoice of the FlutePortland, Oregon: Amadeus Press,1994. - ISBN: 0-931340-6803
- Mehring, Arndt: Friedrich Kuhlau im Spiegel seiner FlötenwerkeFrankfurt: Zimmermann,1992. - ISBN: 3-921729-64-5
- Mielsch, Hans-Ulrich: Die Schweizer Jahre berühmter KomponistenZürich: Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung,1992. - ISBN: 3 85823 376 5
- Mießgang, Thomas: Semantics - Neue Musik im Gespräch1. edition Hofheim: Wolke Verlag,1991. - ISBN: 3-923997-37-X
- Mountfield, David: TschaikowskyMünchen: Orbis Verlag,1992. - ISBN: 3-572-00538-8
- Müller, Regula: Gespräche mit Flötisten I2. edition Bern: Salm Verlag,1985. - ISBN: 3-7262-0003-7Volume I contains interviews with Peter-Lukas Graf, Irena Grafenauer, André Jaunet, Paul Meisen, Aurèle Nicolet und Gustav Scheck, the most important flutists in Germany in 1985. For each musician there is a short biography, discography and a list of the editions he revised. Content and length of the chapters varies widely.
More detailed information in German at blog-FLOETE. - Müller, Regula: Gespräche mit Flötisten II1. edition Bern: Salm Verlag,1987. - ISBN: 3-7262-0037-1
- Nastasi, Mirjam: In memoriam Frans Vesterin Tibia 3/87, S. 507fCelle: Edition Moeck,1987.
- Neunzig, Hans. A.: Lebensläufe der deutschen RomantikKomponistenMünchen: Knaur,1984. - ISBN: 3-426-02371-7Contains biographies of Weber, Marschner, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Bruckner, Cosima Wagner and Mahler.The biographies give an impression of the personalities as well as of their works. I liked to read them. Especially the connections between the contemporaries is for me always fascinating.
- Ortheil, Hanns-Josef: Das Glück der Musik: vom Vergnügen, Mozart zu hören3. edition München: Luchterhand,2006. - ISBN: 978-3-630-62082-4Sort of a listening diary about hearing Mozart´s music 365 days in a row. Very inspiring.
- Pander, Oscar von: BeethovenAlfons Bürger Verlag,1948.
- Petersen, Peter: Hans Werner Henze, ein politischer MusikerZwölf VorlesungenHamburg: Argument,1988. - ISBN: 3-88619-368-3
- 2. edition Zürich: Atlantis Musikbuch Verlag,1995. - ISBN: 3-254-00197-4
- Riemerschmidt, Ulrich: Brevier für MusikfreundeHeiteres und Besinnliches aus dem Leben und Schaffen großer Komponisten1. edition Bayreuth: Gondrom Verlag,1981. - ISBN: 3-8112-0226-X
- Rolland, Romain: Musiker von heuteMünchen: Georg Müller,1927.
- Rueger, Christoph: Die klingende Meistergalerie77 höchst persönliche Komponistenportraits: von Palestrina bis Bernstein1. edition Berlin: Kindler,2003. - ISBN: 3-4634-0436-2
- Sauerbrei, Hans-Ulrich: Thomas Mann und die Musik1. edition Lübeck: Verlag Graphische Werkstätten Lübeck,1993. - ISBN: 3-925402-59-4
- Schmid, A. J.: Der Komponist Hans Ludwig SchillingGrafisches - Biografisches - Autobiografisches - AntiautobiografischesFreiburg: Poppen & Ortmann,1972. - ISBN: 978-3765101168
- Schmidt, Felix: Hat man Töne?Portraits bedeutender Musiker unserer ZeitBerlin: Kindler,1994. - ISBN: 3-463-40222-X
- Schmidt, Felix: Musiker PortraitsImpressionen aus den Werkstätten von Komponisten und Interpreten1. edition Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe,1984. - ISBN: 3-455-08676-4
- Schmierer, Elisabeth: Komponisten-PorträtsBilder und DatenStuttgart: Reclam,2003. - ISBN: 3-15-018268-9Chronological list of portraits of about 180 composers throughout the centuries. There is a picture of any of them, a short list of dates regarding mostly the main compositions. A detailed review in German is given on the im blog.
- Musik - Theater - FilmKöln: DuMont Buchverlag,1970.
- Schweitzer, Albert: Johann Sebastian Bach1954.
- Streller, Friedbert: Paul HindemithFür Sie porträtiert von Friedbert StrellerLeipzig: VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik,1985.
- Stuckenschmidt, H. H.: Boris BlacherBote & Bock (now Boosey & Hawkes),1985. - ISBN: 3-7931-1391-4
- Stuckenschmidt, H. H.: Die großen Komponisten unseres JahrhundertsBand I: Deutschland und Mitteleuropa2. edition München: Piper,1971. - ISBN: 3-492-1873-4
- Stuckenschmidt, H. H.: Johann Nepomuk David1965.
- Talbot, Martin: Albinoni1980. - ISBN: 3-8566-2006-0
- Tappolet, Willy: Arthur HoneggerZürich: Atlantis Musikbuch Verlag,1954.
- Toff, Nancy: Monarch of the FluteThe Life of Georges BarrèreOxford: Oxford University Press,2005. - ISBN: 13-978-0-19-517016-0Detailled english biography of french-american flutist Georges Barrere, who was founder of the New York Flute Club and of an american tradition of flutists. There are also lists of all works dedicated to him or premiered by him. Lots of woodwind chamber music. A longer information on this book in German is to be found on the blog.
- Tonger, P. J.: Conversations-Lexikon der TonkunstBeilage der Neuen MusikzeitungKöln: Wilhelm Hassel,1910.
- van den Hoogen, Eckhardt: ABC der klassischen MusikDie großen Komponisten und ihre WerkeFrankfurt: Eichborn Verlag,2002. - ISBN: 3-8218-3961-9
- Vancea, Zeno: George Enescu1957.
- Ventzke, Karl: Boehm-InstrumenteEin Handbuch über Theobald Boehm und über Klappenblasinstrumente seines Systems - Teil I1982. - ISBN: 3 920 112 30 X
- Volbach, Fritz: Händel, in: Berühmte Musiker3. edition Berlin: Schlesische Verlagsanstalt,1908.Händel's life and work is set into the historical and music historical context. To many operas and oratoriums a description and/or analysis is given. At the same time it is an interesting spotlight on the view on Händel a hundred years ago.
- Vondrovicova, Katerina: Petr EbenLeben und WerkMainz: Schott Verlag,2000. - ISBN: 3-7957-0378-6
- Westbrook, Peter: The Flute in JazzWindow on World Music2. edition Harmonia Books,2011. - ISBN: 978-0-615-31087-9
- Leipziger Beiträge zur Bach-ForschungHildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag,2000. - ISBN: 3-487-11075-x
- A musical Biography1. edition Winzer Press,1993.
- Eine musikalische LebensbeschreibungFrankfurt: Zimmermann,1993. - ISBN: 3-921729 65-3