Budapest
City of Music
Published on 31. March 2009
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-904950-96-7 (ISBN)
Description
Nicholas Clapton first went to Budapest to record a mass by an obscure eighteenth-century Hungarian composer. That visit begun an ongoing love affair with the city, its culture, and its classical music-loving people. In Budapest: City of Music he takes the reader to concerts in old churches, a hidden away restaurant - where the last great gipsy violinist performs every night - and traditional Dance Halls, Tanchaz, established in the 1960s so that Hungarian folk dance heritage might be preserved.
In the footsteps of Liszt and Bartok, as well as less well-known Hungarian musicians and composers, Clapton recounts splendid and sometimes curious evenings in the Budapest Opera House and marvels at the opulent grandeur of Operett Szinhaz, 'Budapest's Broadway'. This personal account of the Hungarian capital's history 'in music' is an engaging and affectionate musician's eye-view of a great European capital.
In the footsteps of Liszt and Bartok, as well as less well-known Hungarian musicians and composers, Clapton recounts splendid and sometimes curious evenings in the Budapest Opera House and marvels at the opulent grandeur of Operett Szinhaz, 'Budapest's Broadway'. This personal account of the Hungarian capital's history 'in music' is an engaging and affectionate musician's eye-view of a great European capital.
Reviews / Votes
'Nicholas Clapton first visited Budapest in 1996, since when he has obviously had an ongoing love affair with Hungary, its culture and its people. This clearly shines through in his work and it is a pleasure to read his well-crafted text driven by enthusiasm.' -- Bob Dent, The Budapest TimesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Haus Publishing
Product notice
With dust jacket
Illustrations
1 black & white halftones
Dimensions
Height: 168 mm
Width: 124 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
400 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-904950-96-7 (9781904950967)
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Person
NICHOLAS CLAPTON is a singer, writer, broadcaster and teacher. He has sung in opera houses and concert halls across the world and is the author of Moreschi and the Voice of the Castrato.
Content
Acknowledgements // viii
Foreword // ix
1. Introduction with (some) history // 1
2. Music and lightning // 17
3. The 'pure source' // 27
4. Halls of dance, halls of learning // 36
5. Opera and operetta, inside and out // 50
6. Music on high // 67
7. On the trail of great composers // 80
8. What, no singing? (Well, almost ...) // 102
9. A composer in Budapest // 111
10. Eating and drinking, seeing and buying // 127
Afterword // 151
Appendix: A timeline // 154
Suggestions for further reading // 162
Endnotes // 163
Foreword // ix
1. Introduction with (some) history // 1
2. Music and lightning // 17
3. The 'pure source' // 27
4. Halls of dance, halls of learning // 36
5. Opera and operetta, inside and out // 50
6. Music on high // 67
7. On the trail of great composers // 80
8. What, no singing? (Well, almost ...) // 102
9. A composer in Budapest // 111
10. Eating and drinking, seeing and buying // 127
Afterword // 151
Appendix: A timeline // 154
Suggestions for further reading // 162
Endnotes // 163