Mozart (the Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers).
Author: Peggy Woodford
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The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers: Ravel
Author: James Burnett
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Published: 2011-08-01
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 0857124358
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIr has been said that no music amplifies the french ideals of precision and good taste better than the work of Maurice Ravel, yet his background could scarecly have been more cosmopolitan. The son of a Swiss father and a Basque mother, he was born near St. Jean de Luz in 1875; he died in Paris at the age of sixty-two. His primary inspiration, and in consequence the character of his best music, came from art and life. He was exceptionally sensitive to the new current of thought and the aesthetic changes in the Arts following the First World War. Indeed, the music of Ravel is an accuarate reflection of the man himself. This lavishly illustrated book which sets the work and achievements of Ravel in the context of the events of his time, will appeal to the general music lover and also to the serious student.
Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers
Author: Patrick Kavanaugh
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 0310208068
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
New Illustrated Lives of Great Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Author: Peggy Woodford
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Published: 2016-09-05
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1783238615
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Lives and Times of the Great Composers
Author: Michael Steen
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Published: 2011-07-01
Total Pages: 1129
ISBN-13: 1848312679
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'A glorious plum-pudding of a book, to be consulted, with pleasure and profit, over and over again' Sir Jeremy Isaacs Michael Steen's 'Great Composers' was originally published in 2003. A lifetime's work and almost 1000 pages long, it has since become 'the' reference point and key read on the biographical backgrounds to classical music's biggest names. Authoritative and hugely detailed - but nonetheless a joy to read - this new edition will expand its readership further and capitalise on a newfound popular interest in classical music. Steen's book helps you explore the story of Bach, the respectable burgher much of whose vast output was composed amidst petty turf disputes in Lutheran Leipzig; or the ugly, argumentative Beethoven in French-occupied Vienna, obsessed by his laundry; or Mozart, the over-exploited infant prodigy whose untimely death was shrouded in rumour. Read about Verdi, who composed against the background of the Italian Risorgimento; or about the family life of the Wagners; and, Brahms, who rose from the slums of Hamburg to become a devotee of beer and coffee in fin-de-siecle Vienna, a cultural capital bent on destroying Mahler ... and much, much more.
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart
Author: Georg Knepler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997-03-13
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780521588232
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribed in Germany as the 'most thought-provoking' book of the bicentennial year, Georg Knepler's acclaimed study of Mozart is now available in paperback. The book explores Mozart's life and works from many new perspectives, providing fresh insights into his music and the tempestuous times through which he lived. Based on a close reading of the family correspondence and a careful consideration of Mozart's entire musical output, the book sheds new light on the composer's creative psyche, his political leanings, his relation to the thoughts and currents of the Enlightenment, and the underlying basis of his musical expression.
Secret Lives of Great Composers
Author: Elizabeth Lunday
Publisher: Quirk Books
Published: 2014-04-08
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1594747466
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscover 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!
Rachmaninoff
Author: Robert Walker
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 133
ISBN-13: 9780846704911
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew Illustrated Lives of Great Composers: Ludwig van Beethoven
Author: Simon Ferris
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Published: 2018-03-22
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 1787590763
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe New Illustrated Lives of Great Composers: Ludwig van Beethoven brings to life the works, the key performances and the personal story of one of the world’s greatest composers with rich illustrations. One of the most celebrated and influential composers of all time, Ludwig van Beethoven was a child prodigy, who, At 21, moved to Vienna to study with Joseph Haydn. He would subsequently create a monumental body of work including 9 symphonies, 5 piano concertos, 1 violin concerto, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, the Missa Solemnis and the opera Fidelio. Yet Beethoven was a troubled man, often intolerant of the intrusions of day-to-day life upon his work and a victim of both chronic abdominal pain and encroaching deafness. While his gradual loss of hearing did not affect his ability to compose, it did eventually caused him to abstain from performing and conducting. At his death in 1827 he was already a legendary figure. This illustrated biography is the best way to uncover the tragic life of one the most talented musicians to have ever walked the earth; see the man himself, the places where he lived and the people who swirled around him. This is an essential read for any classical music fan.
Stravinsky: The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers.
Author: Neil Wenborn
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Published: 2011-08-01
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 0857124374
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
