The Lady from Arezzo: My Musical Life and Other Matters
The Lady from Arezzo: My Musical Life and Other Matters by Alfred Brendel
English | November 5, 2019 | ISBN: 057135372X | EPUB | 160 pages | 1.7 MB
English | November 5, 2019 | ISBN: 057135372X | EPUB | 160 pages | 1.7 MB
The title of this collection of essays refers to a tailor’s mannequin that Alfred Brendel spotted in a shop window in Arezzo, a small Tuscan town. Who is this strange lady? And why is she carrying an egg on her head? What is she looking at?
The mannequin was purchased and now graces a room in the attic of Brendel’s house in Hampstead. Her features convey great artistic seriousness in combination with absurd comedy: the epitome of his own musical and literary preferences. And so, in his delightful new collection, great masters of nonsense meet great masters of music.