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Nikolaus Harnoncourt Alice Harnoncourt (Edited by) - My family

Die persönliche Familienchronik der Harnoncourts.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s childhood and youth was shaped by hardship and the after-effects of World War II, the parenting codex of the aristocracy to which his family belonged and the love for music. The world was in upheaval, it was a time of great political and societal change. To give his children and grandchildren a greater understanding of this era Harnoncourt wrote down his memories and reflections in a “family book”. How did his family deal with the economic and political shifts? What was life like when everything was no longer what it had been? And what traditions shaped the Harnoncourt family? Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s personal account is a fascinating record of the past.

Book details

with numerous illustrations
240 pages
format:140 x 220
ISBN: 9783701734658
Release date: 11.09.2018

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Um seinen Kindern und Enkeln die Zeit seiner Kindheit und Jugend näherzubringen, schrieb Nikolaus Harnoncourt seine Erinnerungen und Reflektionen in dem »Familienbuch« auf. Wie ging seine Familie mit dem ökonomischen und politischen Wandel nach dem Ersten und Zweiten Weltkrieg um? Wie lebte es sich nach dem Zusammenbruch des bisher Gewesenen? Und welche Traditionen prägten die Familie Harnoncourt? Harnoncourt blickt weit in die Familiengeschichte zurück. Daraus ist ein kulturhistorisch spannendes Buch entstanden, das durch die unkonventionelle Betrachtungsweise Harnoncourts ein besonderes Lesevergnügen bietet.

Authors
Nikolaus Harnoncourt

born in Berlin in 1929, died in 2016, founded his early music ensemble, the Concentus Musicus, in 1953. He received numerous international awards as a conductor, including the Polar Music Prize and the Erasmus Prize.

Alice Harnoncourt (Edited by)

born 1930 in Vienna, is an Austrian violinist and a pioneer in the historic performance practice of early music. After years of playing and experimenting with historic musical instruments she founded the Concentus Musicus in 1953, together with her husband and other musicians. She was actively involved with the ensemble until her husband passed away.

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Die Erinnerungen des Dirigenten Nikolaus Harnoncourt sind die fesselnde Beschreibung einer reichen Kindheit. (…) Wie Harnoncourt der wurde, der er war, das lässt dieses Buch erahnen.
[Quelle: Jan Brachmann, FAZ]

Eine spannende Kulturgeschichte, gewürzt mit Essays über Lüge, Geschmack und Lachen.
[Quelle: Ljubiša Tošić, DER STANDARD]

Familiensaga eines Dirigenten: Ein posthum erschienenes Buch von Nikolaus Harnoncourt gibt Einblicke in die illustre Verwandtschaft des Musikers, dessen Karriere als „Brüll- und Nein-Kind“ begonnen hat.
[Quelle: Martin Behr, SALZBURGER NACHRICHTEN]

Kultur- und zeithistorisch spannend; der große Dirigent über seine Familie (…). Guter Geschichte(n)-Erzähler!
[Quelle: Christian Lehner, KÄRNTNER WOCHE]

Ein tiefer, persönlicher und (natürlich) penetrant genauer Einblick in die Familiengeschichte des genialen Musikers und Dirigenten Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
[Quelle: Helmut Atteneder, OÖ NACHRICHTEN]

Wunderbares, mit Bildern und Skizzen versehenes Werk
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Beim Lesen merkt man fast erschrocken, wie sehr Harnoncourt fehlt.
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Im pointiert treffsicheren, manchmal auch sehr nachdenklichen „Urtext“ Harnoncourts beschreibt er seine Kindheit und Jugend, die Not und Folgen des Zweite Weltkrieges, die Schnurren und Codes des adeligen Standes seiner Familien Meran und Harnoncourt sowie die Zeit der politischen und gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen, in die Nikolaus Harnoncourt hineingeboren wurde.
[Quelle: Ursula Magnes, RADIO KLASSIK]

(…) weitreichende, kurzweilige und kluge Aufzeichnungen (…).
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Welch Glück! Man erlebt nicht nur den kleinen Nikolaus, dessen Lieblings-Antwort „Nein“ ist, um sich in Ruhe seine eigene Meinung zu bilden, man taucht auch ein in eine Welt, die geprägt ist vom Untergang des Adels, dem Aufkommen der Nationalsozialisten, dem Zusammenhalt der Familie und der Wichtigkeit von Musik.
[Quelle: Michaela Gründler, APROPOS]

Doch Nikolaus Harnoncourt, der vor zweieinhalb Jahren gestorbene Ahnvater der Aufführungspraxis, ist noch immer präsent. Weil kein Dirigent, Instrumentalist und Sänger an seinen Erkenntnissen vorbeikommt.
[Quelle: Markus Thiel, MERKUR]

Ein Kaleidoskop, so wunderlich, kreativ und anarchisch, wie Nikolaus Harnoncourt selbst einst war.
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Was für ein Buch!
[Quelle: Martin, Geiling, GIESSENER ANZEIGER]

Der geistreiche Witz und gesunde Humor einer künstlerischen Frohnatur kommen dabei nicht zu kurz und werden nicht nur die musikalischen Leser unterhalten.
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Ergänzt wird diese persönliche, manchmal überraschend selbstkritische Familiengeschichte um sechs Essays (…) auch für Uneingeweihte von Interesse (…).
[Quelle: Hans-Dieter Grünefeld, DAS ORCHESTER]

Aber auch als Nichtfamilienmitglied liest man diese Notizen und Erinnerungen, mit tatsächlich sehr viel Vergnügen.
[Quelle: Susanne Kübler, TAGESANZEIGER]

Was für ein Buch! Was für eine Familie, was für Geschichten, Charaktere, Dramen – und was für eine Zeit politischer und gesellschaftlicher Umbrüche.
[Quelle: Martin Geiling, ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG MAINZ]

Mit einer großen Portion Selbstironie beschreibt er seine frühe Kindheit. (…)
Harnoncourts Schreibstil ist unbekümmert und leicht, viele Dialekteinschübe machen das Lesen zu einem Vergnügen. (…), bemerkenswertes und empfehlenswertes Buch.
[Quelle: Dorothee Riesenkönig, OPERAPOINT]

Nikolaus Harnoncourt erzählt von seiner Familie – eine überaus lesenswerte Trouvaille aus dem Nachlass des großen Dirigenten.
[Quelle: Marianne Zelger-Vogt, NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG]

 

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