Peter Ostwald (1928–1996)

Autore di Glenn Gould: The Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius

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Peter F. Ostwald, founder and director of the Health Program for Performing Artists, received the Deems Taylor ASCAP award for his biography Schumann: The Inner Voices of a Musical Genius, and the Nijinsky medal for Vaslav Nijinsky: A Leap into Madness. He died, soon after completing this book, in mostra altro 1996. mostra meno

Comprende i nomi: Peter Ostwald, Peter F. Ostwald

Opere di Peter Ostwald

Popolari Recenti

Glenn Gould: The Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius (1997) 110 copie

Schumann: The Inner Voices of a Musical Genius (1985) 43 copie

Vaslav Nijinsky: A Leap Into Madness (1991) 41 copie

Schumann: Music and Madness (1985) 4 copie

Threat to the Cosmic Order (Mental Health Library Series) (1997) 3 copie

Glenn Gould: the ecstasy and tragedy of genius 1 copia

Vaslav Nijinsky : un salto a la locura (1991) 1 copia

Communication and Social Interaction: Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects of Human Behaviour (1977) 1 copia

Soundmaking; the acoustic communication of emotion (1963) 1 copia

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Brahms and his world (1990) — Collaboratore — 30 copie

Current issues in the phonetic sciences : proceedings of the IPS-77 Congress, Miami Beach, Florida, 17-19th December… (1979) — Collaboratore — 2 copie

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita: 1928
Data di morte: 1996-05-25
Sesso: male
Nazionalità: Germany (birth)
USA
Luogo di nascita: Berlin, Germany
Luogo di morte: San Francisco, California, USA
Istruzione: University of California, San Francisco (MD)
Attività lavorative: psychiatrist
professor (Psychiatry)
Organizzazioni: University of California, San Francisco (Founding Director, Health Program for Performing Artists)

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Vaslav Nijinsky: A Leap into Madness di Peter OSTWALD

Poor, poor man.

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picardyrose | May 9, 2007 |

Schumann: The Inner Voices of a Musical Genius di Peter Ostwald

This is a fascinating analysis of Schumann's mental illness and compositions by a psychiatrist and music lover. It is essential if you want to understand the composer's alter egos Eusebius (the depressive), Florestan (the manic), and Master Raro (the mediator).

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Jamie638 | 1 altra recensione | Mar 17, 2007 |

Schumann: The Inner Voices of a Musical Genius di Peter F. Ostwald

Harold C. Schonberg, New York Times Book Review: "Schumann is a remarkable piece of work. The author obviously loves the composer's music and writes about him--and Clara too--with compassion and understanding. . . . Soberly and objectively, it unearths information that no previous Schumann research--in English, at least--has come near duplicating."

Arthur Hepner, Boston Globe: "Peter Ostwald, a San Francisco psychiatrist who is also a trained musician, has dug deeply . . . and applied his professional knowledge to the fashioning of a fascinating, perceptive psychobiography of the nineteenth-century Romantic master."… (altro)

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antimuzak | 1 altra recensione | Aug 8, 2007 |

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