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Serious and thoughtful
Although I give this book five stars, I recommend it only to certain readers. If you

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memoirs of a past age
good reading for people acquainted with 20th century european music and politics. Awful details on the Stalin and post-S... more info

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Good on Debussy's relationships, but little coverage of the music
Paul Robert's biography of the great French composer Claude Debussy fits in well with the other composer biographies pub... more info

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MAYBE
The premise of"Beethoven's Hair"is that in 1827,a day or two after the death of the composer,a teenaged boy and his gaur... more info

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Magnificent!
I am someone who considers Mozart to be our "greatest" composer, in fact probably a person surpassed by no other person ... 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

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A marvelous book about a remarkable woman
This book is intended to be a gift for my grand daughter, Clara Elisabeth Schumann. But first I am reading it myself. ... more info

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CHACUN A SON GOUT
I have not yet read the whole book, since I don't think it particularly lends itself to this kind of reading; but I read... more info

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The definitive work on our finest film composer
Steven C. Smith's critical biography of Bernard Herrmann is a superb blend of scholarship and accessibility. Smith's cri... more info

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Researching Chopin
Enjoyed reading his letters as it gave an insight to the man Chopin was.... more info