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A Short Biography of a Genius
Peter Gay's book on Mozart is truly utilitarian, just a short book with all the facts and a few minor clarifications on ... more info

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BEETHOVEN "A Look Behind The Notes"
Beethoven's Letters
As a pianist, teacher, adjudicator, examiner, critic and author, I am often presented wit... more info

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Not at all true
As an oboist married to another musician, I have a hard time believing anything she writes in this book. Not once in my ... more info

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Exhaustive, but not exhausting biography
Pollack's book is clearly aimed at Gershwin fan(atics)--it's an inch-by-inch biography that focuses more on the artist (... more info

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Fantastic
This is a rare, surprisingly lucid, firsthand account of the life of one of the most influential and innovative composer... more info

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New hardcover editions are available
Wonderful book! You can buy new, hardcover editions from the Chicago Symphony's gift store. Check them out on-line at ww... more info

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A Well-Written Biography of Jean Sibelius!!!
Guy Rickards' biography of Jean Sibelius is probably the most throroughly written document on the great Finnish composer... more info

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A rich insider portrait
The great cellist, conductor, teacher and humanist Mstislav Rostropovich died in 2007, just after he turned 80. Many of ... more info

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Beloved Lehmann, warts and all
To date this book is the "definitive Lehmann" biography. Previous books did not have access to sources now available, or... more info

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Melograni's 'Mozart'
One of the best books written about Mozart. If it's your first biography, you couldn't choose a better one, because it f... more info