The Great Composers
The Lives and Music of the Great Classical Composers
Jeremy Nicholas(Author)
Quercus Publishing
Published on 1. December 2008
Book
Mixed media product
208 pages
978-1-84724-618-9 (ISBN)
Description
From the romantic agonies of Hector Berlioz to the lonely labours of Anton Bruckner, and from the cosmopolitan triumphs of George Frideric Handel to the politically fraught career of Dmitri Shostakovich in the Soviet Union, the lives of the great composers are as varied and multifaceted as the works of creative genius they produced. Writing with verve and passion, broadcaster and writer Jeremy Nicholas presents, in chronological order, elegant, informative and often affectionate biographical profiles of 50 of the greatest composers in the history of classical music. The biographies not only describe the life, artistic development and creative output of each composer, but also set the composers and their works in a broader historical and cultural context. Furthermore, shortlists of 'must-hear' masterpieces for each composer give the reader all the information they need to begin to build a brilliant classical music collection. Taken together, the 50 profiles in The Great Composers amount to a concise history of 500 years of classical music.
Accessible and entertaining, but also informative and authoritative, this is the perfect introduction to the world of classical music for the general reader.
Accessible and entertaining, but also informative and authoritative, this is the perfect introduction to the world of classical music for the general reader.
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Edition
Abridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Edition type
Abridged edition
Illustrations
50 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 185 mm
Duration
Dauer: 80 min
ISBN-13
978-1-84724-618-9 (9781847246189)
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Person
Jeremy Nicholas is an actor, writer, broadcaster, lyricist and composer. His published books on classical music include The Beginner's Guide to Opera and The Classic FM Guide to Classical Music.
Content
Foreword. Palestrina. Byrd. Monteverdi. Purcell. Vivaldi. Rameau. Handel. J.S. Bach. Gluck. Haydn. Mozart. Beethoven. Weber. Rossini. Schubert. Donizetti. Bellini. Berlioz. Mendelssohn. Chopin. Schumann. Liszt. Wagner. Verdi. Franck. Smetana. Bruckner. J. Strauss. Brahms. Saint-Saens. Bizet. Tchaikovsky. Dvorak. Grieg. Elgar. Puccini. Mahler. Debussy. R. Strauss. Sibelius. Vaughan Williams. Rachmaninov. Schoenberg. Ravel. Bartok. Stravinsky. Prokofiev. Gershwin. Shostakovich. Britten. Index.