Peter Ostwald (1928–1996)

Autor von 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 mehr anzeigen 1996. weniger anzeigen

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

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Geburtstag: 1928
Todestag: 1996-05-25
Geschlecht: male
Nationalität: Germany (birth)
USA
Geburtsort: Berlin, Germany
Sterbeort: San Francisco, California, USA
Ausbildung: University of California, San Francisco (MD)
Berufe: psychiatrist
professor (Psychiatry)
Organisationen: University of California, San Francisco (Founding Director, Health Program for Performing Artists)

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Vaslav Nijinsky: A Leap into Madness von Peter OSTWALD

Poor, poor man.

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picardyrose | May 9, 2007 |

Schumann: The Inner Voices of a Musical Genius von 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 weitere Rezension | Mar 17, 2007 |

Schumann: The Inner Voices of a Musical Genius von 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."… (mehr)

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antimuzak | 1 weitere Rezension | Aug 8, 2007 |

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