Secret Lives of Great Composers: What Your Teachers Never Told You about the World's Musical Masters

by Elizabeth Lunday

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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;...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1594744025

ISBN13:9781594744020

Release Date:September 2009

Publisher:Quirk Books

Length:287 Pages

Weight:0.92 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Music Musical Genres

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