Mme. Lehmann gives us a volume of memoirs, musical and personal, which will command the attention of the world-wide public which this great singer has charmed. The book is written with her characteristic sincerity and frankness. She unfolds the complete story of her life, devoting a generous measure of attention to her friends and rivals upon the operatic stage.
Her achievements in Prague, Leipsic, Vienna, and elsewhere, her struggles in Berlin, her extended tours in Europe and America, are fascinatingly told. She presents an account of her collaborations with Wagner at Bayreuth, and tells of her experiences at Court.
The pleasant as well as the arduous aspects of the artist's career are presented with a wealth of anecdote.
G.P. Putnam’s Sons
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“Clear in construction, direct in purpose, and written with intellectual calm, yet with the enthusiasm of a musician.”—N.Y. Sun.
The Life of
Johann Sebastian Bach