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...even denigrated--the quality of Liszt's mind and nature, the range of his work and influence, his greatness as a composer. Indeed, no other composer of the 19th century has been so copiously written about and so little understood, which is why the final volume of Alan Walker's superb three-volume biography, Franz Liszt: The Final Years, 1861-1886 (Knopf; 594 pages; $50), is so welcome...
What distinguishes Walker from Liszt's dozens of earlier biographers is that he is equally strong on the music and the life. A formidable musicologist with a lively polemical style, he discusses the composer's works with greater understanding and clarity than any previous biographer. And whereas many have recycled the same erroneous, often damaging information, Walker has relied on his own prodigious, globe-trotting research, a project spanning 25 years. The result is a textured portrait of Liszt and his times without rival...
...impressive enough that Paltrow holds your eye as a parade of lovelies and virtuoso actresses (Greta Scacchi, Polly Walker, Juliet Stevenson) march past. But her finest trick is to provide a comic subtext to Emma. She both lives inside the character and encases her, giving her glamour and the lilt of parody. Paltrow is to Emma what Emma is to her friends: a helper, a tease and a judge. Thanks to Paltrow, Emma stays lovable, partly because both are in their early...
Despite the lack of a major foreign threat, military spending still remains at a very high level, because of ineffective threat reassessment, bureaucratic inertia and poor Congressional leadership, Walker said...
...other reason is jobs--pork," Walker said. "That's why the New England delegation in the House and Senate voted for the Seawolf submarine, including our two senators [from Massachusetts...