The Dresden Manuscripts, David Wilson
The Dresden Manuscripts, David Wilson
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The Dresden Manuscripts
Unearthing an 18th Century Musical Genius

Author: David Wilson

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 7 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Skyboat Media

Published: 10/13/2015

Synopsis

A fascinating journey to rediscover the music of a composer who was lauded in his day yet forgotten soon after, The Dresden Manuscripts chronicles David Wilson’s thirty-year quest to locate, reconstruct, and perform the music of Johann Adolf Hasse, a composer who, along with his equally famous wife, mezzo-soprano Faustina Bordoni, had close personal associations with Bach, Handel, Mozart, Haydn, and Gluck.

About David Wilson

David Wilson, teacher, scholar, and conductor, is professor emeritus of the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. In addition, he is artistic director/conductor emeritus of the Long Beach Bach Festival and the Camerata Singers of Long Beach. A graduate of the University of the Pacific and University of Illinois, he also studied conducting at the Berkshire Music Festival in Tanglewood, Massachusetts, and the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna. As a recognized expert in eighteenth-century music, Dr. Wilson has conducted hundreds of works of Bach, Handel, and their contemporaries.

About Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom, CBE, is an English film and stage actress, known for leading roles in plays such as Streetcar Named Desire, A Doll’s House, and Long Day’s Journey into Night, along with nearly sixty films and countless television roles, during a career spanning over six decades. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Queen’s birthday honors for services to drama.

About Stefan Rudnicki

Stefan Rudnicki is a Grammy-winning audiobook producer and an award-winning narrator who has won several Audie Awards and been named one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices. Stefan’s early singing career included choral and solo concerts at Carnegie Hall, Judson Hall, and Lincoln Center.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Clay on December 21, 2016

Liked the music that was on the cd. Used the words tears, numb and gratitude a lot. Could have done without the mention of the travelers the author met once an never seen again. Liked the East Germans the author met disappointed that there was no further contact made or what happened to them.......more

Goodreads review by Lukasz on December 31, 2023

The Dresden Manuscripts Szukałem jakiejś książki o Dreznie i natrafiłem na tą pozycję. Bardzo miło mnie zaskoczyła. Za czasów zimnej wojny amerykański doktorant muzykologii postanawia napisać pracę doktorską na temat zapomnianego XVII wiecznego kompozytora Johanna Adolfa Hasse. Ze względu na zimną wo......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on November 01, 2024

This is a true story. It happened during the Cold War. The author (a scholar), went behind the Iron Curtain in order to search for original manuscripts by a composer who is all but forgotten, but deserves to be remembered. The composer is Johann Adolf Hasse. Incidentally, the Hasse's music is out the......more

Goodreads review by Sydney on November 22, 2015

If you sing in a choir and love classical music, you will enjoy this book.I have the privilege of singing in a church choir that is directed by Dr. Wilson. In the Dresden Manuscripts, we travel with him behind the iron curtain to piece together the life of a little knows musical genius, Johann Hasse......more

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“Dr. Wilson takes us on an emotional and fascinating journey into the life of this genius and shows how even one person’s passion can make a difference in bringing back the lost treasures of the past.” Vivica Genaux, world-acclaimed mezzo soprano

“Stefan Rudnicki’s able and professional performance helps to keep the listener engaged. His deep and craggy yet flexible and expressive voice is naturally appealing, and his skill is evident in excellent pacing, generally careful attention to nuances of the text, and an ability to convey feelings by voice alone. The narration is punctuated or occasionally backed by brief musical quotes, a welcome audio-only enhancement.” AudioFile

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