The title of this collection of essays refers to a tailor's mannequin that Alfred Brendel spotted in a shop window in Arezzo, a small Tuscan town.
Who is this strange lady? What is she looking at? And why is she carrying an egg on her head? The mannequin now graces a room in the attic of Brendel's house in Hampstead.
Her features convey great artistic seriousness in combination with absurd comedy: the epitome of his own musical and literary preferences.
And so, in his delightful new collection, great masters of nonsense meet great masters of music.
Comedy | The epitome of his own musical and literary preferences |
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