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Melanie Kochert , wife of the jeweller to the Vienna court, remained Wolf's lover for most of hisadult life

Who’s afraid of Hugo Wolf?

January 5, 2012

The late 19th century Austrian composer Hugo Wolf was born into a great musical tradition.  By temperament, though, he remained an outsider.  Song – German art song – was the weapon of choice with which he confronted the Viennese Establishment.  With it, Wolf brought the tradition of Schubert and Schumann to a level of intensity [...]

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