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The Maestro Was Miserable

13 years ago
Gary Hoffman

By NORMAN LEBRECHT [WSJ, 23 December 2009]
Most men who invent a profession earn lifetime esteem and a place in history. Hans von B¸low is remembered chiefly by the derision of a genius who destroyed him.

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