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"Lying in the Gutter, But Looking at the Stars"
This book is a triumph of the biographer's art. But the subject of the biography is sad beyond words. Ervin Nyiregyházi... more info

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... was it a real love??....

I wonder how Brahms would have compensated for the defeat to his friend's wife - Clara Schumann. Although li... more info

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Unreadable and boring
I found this book unreadable and extremely boring. It was so dense with meaningless detail that the narrative flow virtu... more info

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Well written short biography of Beethoven
Edmund Morris' biography of Ludwig van Beethoven, part of the "Eminent Lives" series, is delightful. Edmund Morris has w... more info

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A Giant
All my life I have loved Mahler's music. As a young man I visited his grave in Vienna and left flowers. I have read all ... more info

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Indispensible
This is one of the most useful and well written non-fiction books I've ever read. Schonberg writes authoritatively and ... more info

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Not an adequate biography, nor an adequate critique
As a college undergrad I took a music course taught by Lockwood many years ago. He was good as a teacher, and I knew he... more info

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Not worth it
This book is just a cut and paste from other publications by and about Chopin. If you want to learn someething about pia... more info

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Just beautiful
This is a great book,Bernstein is not only a genius,but a really wise man,he explain things with an ease few could match... more info