The title of this collection of essays refers to a tailor's mannequin that Alfred Brendel spotted in a shop window in Arezzo, a small Tuscan town. Who is this strange lady? What is she looking at? And why is she carrying an egg on her head? The mannequin now graces a room in the attic of Brendel's house in Hampstead. Her features convey great artistic seriousness in combination with absurd comedy: the epitome of his own musical and literary preferences. And so, in his delightful new collection, great masters of nonsense meet great masters of music.
| ISBN: | 9780571353729 |
| Publication date: | 7th November 2019 |
| Author: | Alfred Brendel |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 144 pages |
| Genres: |
Piano |