
The Lives Of The Great Composers
Third Edition
Harold C. Schonberg(Autor*in)
Abacus (Verlag)
Erschienen am 3. September 1998
Buch
Softcover
768 Seiten
978-0-349-10972-5 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
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.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
Extremely readable... well founded in scholarship and well written * TLS * Panoramic, wittily detailed... equally pleasing to read from end to end, to dip casually, or to consult * NEW YORK TIMES * Packed with fruity anecdotes * OBSERVER * Peerless ... the first book any young music lover should read * GUARDIAN *Weitere Details
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
London
Großbritannien
Verlagsgruppe
Little, Brown Book Group
Produkt-Hinweis
Paperback
Maße
Höhe: 198 mm
Breite: 126 mm
Dicke: 57 mm
Gewicht
533 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-349-10972-5 (9780349109725)
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Harold C Schonberg was born and raised in New York City. He served on the staff of the NEW YORK TIMES for nearly thirty years and was senior music critic from 1960 until 1980. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1971, the first in the field of music to receive this honour.