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Secret Lives of Great Composers: What Your Teachers Never Told You about the World's Musical Masters
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by Elizabeth Lunday, Mario ZuccaElizabeth Lunday
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Overview
True tales of murder, riots, heartbreak, and great music.
With outrageous anecdotes about everyone from Gioachino Rossini (draft-dodging womanizer) to Johann Sebastian Bach (jailbird) to Richard Wagner (alleged cross-dresser), Secret Lives of Great Composers recounts the seamy, steamy, and gritty history behind the great masters of international music. You’ll learn that Edward Elgar dabbled with explosives; that John Cage was obsessed with fungus; that Berlioz plotted murder; and that Giacomo Puccini stole his church’s organ pipes and sold them as scrap metal so he could buy cigarettes. This is one music history lesson you’ll never forget!
With outrageous anecdotes about everyone from Gioachino Rossini (draft-dodging womanizer) to Johann Sebastian Bach (jailbird) to Richard Wagner (alleged cross-dresser), Secret Lives of Great Composers recounts the seamy, steamy, and gritty history behind the great masters of international music. You’ll learn that Edward Elgar dabbled with explosives; that John Cage was obsessed with fungus; that Berlioz plotted murder; and that Giacomo Puccini stole his church’s organ pipes and sold them as scrap metal so he could buy cigarettes. This is one music history lesson you’ll never forget!
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781594747465 |
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Publisher: | Quirk Publishing |
Publication date: | 04/08/2014 |
Series: | Secret Lives , #8 |
Sold by: | Penguin Random House Publisher Services |
Format: | NOOK Book |
Pages: | 288 |
Sales rank: | 879,558 |
File size: | 75 MB |
Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
About the Author
Elizabeth Lunday is a journalist specializing in music, architecture, and culture. She writes the “Masterpieces” column for mental_floss magazine and lives in Fort Worth, Texas.
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