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Download or read book Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau written by Hans Adolf Neunzig and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1998 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No other singer has recorded so much material with so indelible a personal stamp as Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. This first definitive biography provides a comprehensive and frank account of his extraordinary career. From his debut in Verdi's Don Carlos in 1948 to his farewell concert appearance in 1992, his life as a singer is traced, together with an exploration of his other artistic endeavors. He is a painter of uncommon gifts whose canvases have been widely exhibited, the author of several perceptive scholarly books on musical topics, and he remains active as a teacher and conductor.