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The Lives of the Great Composers


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Manufacturer: W W Norton & Co Inc
Author: Harold C. Schonberg
Binding: Hardcover
Publication Date: 1981-09
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Label: W W Norton & Co Inc
Number Of Pages: 654
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In the new edition of this highly successful book, Harold Schonberg traces the consecutive line of composers from Monteverdi to the tonalists of the 1990s through a series of fascinating biographical chapters. Music is a continually evolving art, and there have been no geniuses, however great, who have not been influenced by their predecessors. The great composers are here presented as human beings who lived and related to the real world. All of the important figures - Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Verdi, Wagner, Mahler, and many others - are included, their lives woven into a fabric rich in detail and anecdote. For this new edition, Schonberg has extended the book's coverage with informative and astute descriptions of later composers. What has not been changed is the character of the book, which remains an object of delight to all music lovers.
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