Very Early, Very Fast, Very Steep
Beginning in the Golden West: Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Switzerland
Haarlem and the Rest of Europe
Heiller and America
Short Midday, Long Sunset
All the Registers of a Soul
Compositions before ca. 1956
Compositions after ca. 1956
What He Thought, How He Played
Appendix: Organ Specifications
Chronology
Notes
List of Compositions
Discography
Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
History has already recognized Anton Heiller as a significant
figure in 20th-century music, probably the most influential
organist of his time. . . .Through his genius and personal
charisma, he achieved what others could not: he brought the organ
into the mainstream of music where it belongs. Planyavsky's
biography delivers this message, while giving a complete picture of
Heiller's life and work. . . . Belongs in the personal library of
any serious organist. Through this book a great organist continues
to interest and also to teach later generations of organists. A
comparison . . . demonstrates not only an accurate but sensitive
treatment of the original [German text].
*THE AMERICAN ORGANIST*
The biographical chapters make . . . fascinating reading . . . [No
chapter] is more gripping than the chapter devoted to 'Haarlem and
the Rest of Europe.' . . . Christa Rumsey has done a sterling
service for English-speaking readers by her elegant translation of
an important book.
*ORGAN AUSTRALIA*
A remarkable book [about] one of the greats of the mid-twentieth
century. Packed with facts and stories. Christa Rumsey's excellent,
flowing translation [is] a pleasure to read.
*SYDNEY ORGAN JOURNAL*
The text flows effortlessly. . . . The story is vibrant and gives
extremely good insight into life between World War II and 1979 in
Austria and life in Vienna in particular. Of interest to any
interested in organ music and, in particular, developments in the
early to mid-twentieth century.
*ORGAN MUSIC SOCIETY OF ADELAIDE NEWSLETTER*
Peter Planyavsky's book accomplishes a difficult task: that of
doing justice to the life of a monumental musician. Planyavsky,
himself an organist of international prominence, avoids the pitfall
of presenting Heiller as primarily an organist, instead presenting
a compelling picture of Heiller as the complete musician, giving
ample room to a discussion of his career as a conductor as well as
to a discussion of his many compositions. The result is a
comprehensive and engaging account of a person who was a dominant
figure in European musical culture for several decades of the
twentieth century and whose influence was felt far beyond the
circle of the Viennese musical scene. --
*William Porter, Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester)*
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