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Secret Lives of Great Composers

by Elizabeth Lunday
Mario Zucca
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Discover little-known stories from music history—including murder, riots, and heartbreak—in this entertaining tour through the fascinating (and surprising) lives of classical music masters
 
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.
 
Here, 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!
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Series: Secret Lives Publisher: Quirk Books

Kindle Book

  • Release date: April 8, 2014

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781594747465
  • File size: 75091 KB
  • Release date: April 8, 2014

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781594747465
  • File size: 75091 KB
  • Release date: April 8, 2014

Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Biography & Autobiography History Music Nonfiction

Languages

English

Discover little-known stories from music history—including murder, riots, and heartbreak—in this entertaining tour through the fascinating (and surprising) lives of classical music masters
 
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.
 
Here, 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!
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography History Music Nonfiction