This 2004 book examines one of the key notions of modernist architecture as it was formulated in Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century. Providing a close analysis of four major buildings - Olbrich's Secession Building, Hoffmann's Purkersdorf Sanatorium, Wagner's Postal Savings Bank, and Loos's Michaelerplatz building - Leslie Topp investigates how 'truth' could be interpreted in a variety of ways, including truth to purpose, symbolist or ideal truth, and ethical notions of authenticity.  Meer

Bartók’s 1907 Violin Concerto, expressing his love for Stefi Geyer, sounds various allusions to Wagner’s paean to unrequited love. The work presents a musical crossroads contrasting Stefi’s ideal world and peasant realism.  Meer