Yella Pessl, First Lady of the Harpsichord a Life of Fire and Conviction

Examines the career of Yella Pessl, a Bach specialist, virtuoso harpsichordist and pianist, authority on seventeenth and eighteenth century Baroque keyboard music which she wrote about and edited. It discusses her early years in Vienna; her American debut; the Bach Circle which she founded; presents four of her articles on keyboard music; includes interviews; recollections of Alexander Wunderer, her teacher; and a section on her musical sister who lived in Austria under Hitler's reign. It brings to light Pessl's disorganized years, life in mental institutions, and complete recovery.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Dower
• Publisher: Em Text
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.01.1993
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Music
• EAN: 9780773408531
• ISBN: 978-0-7734-0853-1
• Pages: 258
• Dimensions (packing): 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm
• Weight (packing): 424 g
• Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General