Goethe and Zelter: Musical Dialogues

Goethe and Zelter spent a staggering 33 years corresponding or in the case of each artist, over two thirds of their lives. Zelter''s position as director of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin and Goethe''s location in Weimar resulted in a wide-ranging correspondence. Goethe''s letters offer a chronicle of his musical development, from the time of his journey to Italy to the final months of his life. Zelt...