High Notes and Low: 300 and a Few More Whimsical Anecdotes Concerning Music and Musicians

Everyone loves to laugh, to wonder, and to be amazed. High Notes and Low presents interesting and unusual anecdotal information about classical music and musicians in a down-to-earth, easily readable form. Free of technical jargon, the book is appealing not only to the musician but to the general reader as well, and offers information that all can enjoy.

The book is divided into six sections that provide general categories of anecdotes – Composers, Performers, Critics, Conductors, Compositio...