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Author: Robert Layton
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Published: 2011-05-16
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 0857125672
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A series of biographies of the great composers which present the subjects against the social background of their times. This volume focuses on Grieg and draws on personal letters and recollections, engravings, paintings and - where they exist - photographs, to build up a complete picture of the composer’s life.
Author: Robert Layton
Publisher: Omnibus Press& Schirmer Trade Books
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780711948112
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This series of biographies presents the great composers against the background of their times. Each draws on personal letters and recollections, engravings, paintings and, when they exist, photographs, to present a complete picture of the composer's life.
Author: Wendy Thompson
Publisher: Omnibus Press& Schirmer Trade Books
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780711929975
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This series of biographies presents the great composers against the background of their times. Each draws on personal letters and recollections, engravings, paintings and, when they exist, photographs, to present a complete picture of the composer's life.
Author: Peggy Woodford
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Published: 2011-08-01
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 0857124951
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Schubert died at the age of thirty-one, in obscurity, his genius unrecognised except by a few friends. Today he is acknowledged as one of the greatest composers of all times. His nine symphonies include what is probably the most famous of all symphonies - The Unfinished- and his chamber music, the best loved of all quintets - The Trout. Perhaps his most impressive accomplishment was the composition of over six hundred exquisite songs, including the Schöne Mullerin and Winterreise song cycles, which never cease to delight audiences. In this new biography, the author traces the life and times of Schubert, the development of his music and the political and social climate of Vienne in the years following the Congress of 1814. Documentation of the period, Schubert's own letters and the recollections of his friends help bring Schubert's time alive. The text is completed with a number of facsimile reproductions of Schubert's manuscripts and published editions.
Author: Harold C. Schonberg
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Published: 1981-01-01
Total Pages: 653
ISBN-13: 9780393013023
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Biographies of the important composers from Monteverdi and Bach to Bartok and Webern are designed to show the history of music.
Author: Patrick Kavanaugh
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 0310208068
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a compelling and inspiring look at spiritual beliefs that influenced some of the world's greatest composers, now revised and expanded with eight additional composers.
Author: Paul Holmes
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Published: 2011-05-16
Total Pages: 221
ISBN-13: 0857125702
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This series of biographies presents the great composers against the background of their times. Each draws on personal letters and recollections, engravings, paintings and, when they exist, photographs, to present a complete picture of the composer's life.
Author: Neil Wenborn
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Published: 2011-08-01
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 0857124374
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book traces the remarkable course of a creative career which spanned the drawing rooms of the Imperial Russia and the social ferment of 1960s America, and serve to establish Stravinsky not only as the most celebrated composer of his time but also as one of the defining forces of twentieth-century culture.
Author: Paul Holmes
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Published: 2011-08-01
Total Pages: 195
ISBN-13: 0857124331
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Lavishly illustrated throughout, this fascinating biography sets Debussy's musical revolution in the context of his times. It will be invaluable to musicians and concert-goers alike.
Author: Elizabeth Lunday
Publisher: Quirk Books
Published: 2014-04-08
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1594747466
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Discover little-known stories from music history—including murder, riots, and heartbreak—in this entertaining tour through the fascinating (and surprising) lives of classical music masters With outrageous anecdotes about everyone from Gioachino Rossini (draft-dodging womanizer) to Johann Sebastian Bach (jailbird) to Richard Wagner (alleged cross-dresser), Secret Lives of Great Composers recounts the seamy, steamy, and gritty history behind the great masters of international music. Here, you’ll learn that Edward Elgar dabbled with explosives; that John Cage was obsessed with fungus; that Berlioz plotted murder; and that Giacomo Puccini stole his church’s organ pipes and sold them as scrap metal so he could buy cigarettes. This is one music history lesson you’ll never forget!
