Emanuel Feuermann / Annette Morreau.

Author/creator Morreau, Annette
Format Audio (CD)
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, ©2002.
Descriptionxx, 420 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, music ; 25 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Subjects
Feuermann, Emanuel, 1902-1942.
Cellists--Biography.

Contents The beginning: 1902-17 -- Prodigy: 1917-23 -- Nomad: 1923-8 -- Berlin: 1928-30 -- "Intolerable Jew": 1931-4 -- North America and Europe: November 1934 to June 1935 -- Commitments: June 1935 to April 1936 -- Full sail: April to December 1936 -- Europe: 1937 -- Momentous year: 1938 -- Breaks : October 1938 to February 1939 -- Trios: March to November 1939 -- Cellist at large: November 1939 to February 1941 -- Difficult times: February 1941 to 10 May 1942 -- An untimely end -- Miracle worker: Writing, teaching, performing -- Feuermann's recordings: Europe and Japan -- Appendices.
Contents CD. Cello concerto in D: 3rd movement / Haydn -- Zigeunerweisen (1922) / Sarasate -- Zigeunerweisen (1927) / Sarasate -- Cello concerto in B minor. 1st movement (excerpt) / Dvorak -- Papillon / Popper -- Mélodie from Orphée / Gluck -- Cello concerto in D. 1st movement -- Haydn -- Nocturne in E flat, op. 9, no. 2 / Chopin -- 'Arpeggione' sonata. 1st movement / Schubert -- Piano trio in B, op. 8. Scherzo / Brahms -- Cello concerto in B minor, op. 104. 3rd movement / Dvorak -- Cello suite no. 3. Sarabande and Bourrée I and II / Bach.
Abstract The meteoric career of the Austrian cellist Emanuel Feuermann ended with his sudden and tragic death in 1942, aged only thirty-nine. A brilliant soloist and chamber performer, many expected him to inherit from Pablo Casals the reputation of the greatest cellist of all time. The trio he formed with Jasha Heifetz and Artur Rubinstein was considered the leading chamber ensemble in the world. This new biography of Feuermann--a rich combination of documentary and oral history and gripping narrative--discusses his life, work, and legacy and awards him the place in musical history that he was denied by his early death. Born one hundred years ago in a humble Galician shtetl, Feuermann grew to maturity in a tumultuous era. The author gives an account of the world wars, politics, music culture, and recording history that form the context of his achievements. She also provides invaluable detail about Feuermann's life, drawing on interviews and private letters of family, colleagues, students, and friends, as well as on a wealth of first-hand recollections from some of the most distinguished musicians of the twentieth century. Morreau describes Feuermann's unique style of playing, basing her assessments on the many surviving recordings he made and on contemporary press reviews gathered worldwide. Moreover, so that readers can judge Feuermann's extraordinary talent for themselves, a CD with examples of his performances, some never before released, is included with the book.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 396-400) and index.
LCCN 2002002004
ISBN0300096844 (cloth)

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