{"product_id":"hans-richter-9781783270217","title":"Hans Richter","description":"\u003cb\u003eChristopher Fifield's remarkable study explores the personality, life and work of a conductor who influenced and inspired the leading composers, singers and instrumentalists of his day.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Austro-Hungarian Hans Richter (1843-1916) was the first career-conductor to gain international fame. His first appointment was to Budapest, and he went on  to dominate music-making in Vienna, Bayreuth, London, Manchester (withthe Hallé Orchestra) and other towns and cities in Britain and Europe between 1865 and 1912. Richter gave first performances of works by Wagner, Brahms, Elgar, Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, Stanford and Parry and helped to further the careers of Dvorák, Sibelius, Bartók and Glazunov.\u003cbr\u003e  Christopher Fifield's remarkable study explores the personality, life and work of a conductor who influenced and inspired the leading composers, singers and instrumentalists of his day. Originally published in 1993, this revised and expanded edition contains extensive new material in the form of Richter's conducting books. Translated and reproduced in full, they detail every one of the 4,351 public performances Richter gave in a professional life spanning 47 years. Drawing on Richter's own diaries, the book also presents his correspondence with many contemporary composers (Wagner in particular) and performers. Fifield's biography of this seminal figure provides a revealing insight into British and European music and concert life during the long nineteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   CHRISTOPHER FIFIELD is a conductor, music historian, lecturer and broadcaster.He is the editor and author of the \u003ci\u003eLetters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMax Bruch: His Life and Works\u003c\/i\u003e, both published in new editions by The Boydell Press. He has also written \u003ci\u003eIbbs \u0026amp; Tillett - The rise andfall of a Musical Empire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe German Symphony between Beethoven and Brahms\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Christopher Fifield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48268248547579,"sku":"9781783270217","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781783270217_d4d45000-abc4-4e42-8b09-4753a15ac3b2.jpg?v=1772486584","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/hans-richter-9781783270217","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}