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Hofmann, Paul The Spell of the Vienna Woods: Inspiration and Influence from Beethoven to Kafka
New York Henry Holt & Co May-94 805025952 N Hardcover
Amazon.com&newline;Paul Hofmann, a foreign correspondent for the New York Times, offers a fine meditation on the Vienna Woods, a tract of gladed forest five times bigger than the combined boroughs of New York, geographically the last gasp of the Alps before Austria opens onto the great central European plain. In those forests, Hofmann tells us, lie the origins of many great works of the imagination: the later symphonies of Beethoven, several Schubert sonatas, Mozart's The Magic Flute, and, most famously, Richard Strauss's 1868 opera Tales from the Vienna Woods, which instilled in the Viennese a sense that the woods had to be protected from the growing city on their fringe. Thanks to the play of art and memory, the woods thrive today; as Hofmann remarks, &doublequote;No other major European capital can boast such a large and safe recreational area.&doublequote; --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. &newline;&newline;From Library Journal&newline;As a child growing up near Vienna, the author, a travel writer, delighted in exploring the woods. Since then, Hofmann has revisited the area independently and with friends. His purpose in this narrative is to acquaint the reader with the woods by blending personal anecdotes, history, tourist information, and enlightening facts-for example, the catalog of personalities over the centuries such as Johann Strauss, W.H. Auden, and Crown Prince Rudolph who have enjoyed the area as a source of recreation and refuge. Hofmann's absorbing details and descriptions allow the reader to explore vicariously the diverse topography, villages, and vineyards of this 540-square-mile area. At times reading like a novel, at other times like a collection of short stories, this work is a pleasant introduction to the environs of Vienna. Recommended for public libraries.&newline;Jo-Anne Mary Benson, Osgoode, Ontario&newline;Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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