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Comprehensive, authentic and very instructive.
Dr. Schweitzer himself is an excellent interpretor of Bach's music, especially his organ music. His christian belief put... more info

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Excellent!!!
Bach is my religion, and I am an adult beginner piano student, with roughly four years of classical piano lessons under ... more info

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Extraordinary Is Right
Utterly fascinating tale of an extraordinary moment in history. I can't think of another place in modern times when a po... more info

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A great resource
Well written and richly informative. A great standard biography about one of the greatest composers of the 20th century.... more info

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A Great American Composer Brought to Life
Charles Ives (1874-1954)was the first, and still probably the greatest, composer of a distinctly American art ("classica... more info

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A Trustworthy Private Tutor
By the time I opened this book I had already read more than a dozen biographies of composer Gustav Mahler. What could t... more info

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Bach Resource
Though I've only had time to skim through portions of this book, as a Bach descendent, I find it fascinating! The infor... more info

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The biography as art
This is the best book about music that I have read, and my recent (fourth in 35 years) reading solidified this opinion. ... 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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Keeps you up late
This is a good book to read late at night, in the woods, alone. If you enjoy Mozart then...you might like this! This is ... more info