The Last Waltz
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Wales, Prince of 177
Wallace, William Vincent 75
Wellington, Duke of 41, 71, 78
Wiest, Franz 64–65
Wilhelm, Kaiser, Emperor of Germany 244
Acknowledgements
As with my previous book Beethoven: The Man Revealed, it was Darren Henley, then Managing Director of Classic FM, who commissioned me to write the story of the Strauss dynasty and the city of Vienna in which father and sons lived. My gratitude to him is boundless, and I wish him every success in his new role as Chief Executive of Arts Council, England.
Once again, I am grateful to Lorne Forsyth, Chairman of Elliott & Thompson, Classic FM’s publisher, for his support throughout, and to my editor Olivia Bays, Director at Elliott & Thompson. Olivia is a superb editor and a joy to work with. I set Pippa Crane, Senior Editor at Elliott & Thompson, a Herculean task in tracking down the best part of a hundred illustrations and the book is infinitely better for her efforts.
The eagle eyes of copyeditor Jill Burrows corrected several inconsistencies in the manuscript and improved some infelicities of style, and James Collins designed a book that far outshone my expectations, as he did with Beethoven.
To see the two books side by side on my shelf, I confess rather immodestly, causes me some pride.
Picture Credits
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CLASSIC fM
Classic FM is the UK’s only 100 per cent classical music radio station. Since it began broadcasting in September 1992, the station has brought classical music to millions of people across the UK. If you’ve yet to discover for yourself the delights of being able to listen to classical music twenty-four hours a day, you can find Classic FM on 101–102 FM, on Digital Radio, online at www.classicfm.com, on Sky channel 0106, on Virgin Media channel 922, on Freeview channel 731 and on FreeSat channel 721. You can also download the free Classic FM app, which will enable you to listen to Classic FM on your iPhone, iPod, iPad, Blackberry or Android device.
Classic FM has a series of partnerships with orchestras across the country: the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of Opera North, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Northern Sinfonia, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and The Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields. And don’t forget the brilliant young musicians of the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain and of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. To see if any of these orchestras have a concert coming up near you, log onto our website at ClassicFM.com and click on the ‘Concerts and Events’ section. It will also include many other classical concerts – both professional and amateur – that are taking place near where you live.
Classic FM has a long history of working to develop the next generation of classical music lovers, supporting organisations such as Music for Youth, which runs the annual Schools Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts, which has worked with the Philharmonia Orchestra to deliver an annual orchestral music education project to thousands of children across the UK, thanks to funding from the radio station’s charity appeal.
For more information about any part of Classic FM, log on to the website at www.classicfm.com
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