Lehmann, co-author of Rudolph Serkin: A Life (Oxford University Press)Ī fascinating biography, elegantly told. Set variously in Paris, London, Berlin, Dresden, Oslo and Copenhagen, this work contains enough intense drama to fuel an opera or a movie.
A social history, it is also a moving-and sometimes troubling-portrayal of artists in extremis, a study of women musicians negotiating what Shore describes as the uneven terrain between nonconformity and respectability.
Beautifully crafted, witty, and even suspenseful, it is both deeply researched and subtly, intriguingly personal. It’s been a long time since I was as sorry to come to the end of a book as I was with Rima Shore’s utterly captivating biography. Magne Bruteig, Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings, Munch Museum, Oslo, and author of Munch: Drawings (Marot) Rima Shore has done a thorough job puzzling the bits and pieces of information together into a credible picture, and tells Mudocci’s story in language that is very fluent and readable. And when Munch enters the scene, it becomes even more interesting. As a Munch scholar, there is so much here that I did not know! I really appreciated the part of the book that focuses on Eva Mudocci’s life: her family background, her years as a child prodigy, her education and her musical career with Bella Edwards-all of this is really fascinating, with colorful descriptions of the milieu and the status of woman violinists. Lady with a Brooch is a biography and a detective story-with a very satisfying ending.
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