| Hans von Buelow's career unfolded in at least six directions simultaneously. He was a renowned concert pianist, the first virtuoso orchestral conductor, a respected (and sometimes feared) teacher, an influential editor of works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Chopin, and above all of Beethoven, in the performance of whose music he had no rival, a scourge as a music critic, and lastly, he was himself also a composer of music. In Hans von Buelow: A Life and Times, Alan Walker, the acclaimed author of numerous award-winning books on the era's iconic composers, provides the first full-length English biography of this remarkable musical figure. |
