Talks with Great Composers
Title | Talks with Great Composers PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur M. Abell |
Publisher | Garmisch-Partenkirchen : G. E. Schroeder |
Pages | 219 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | Composers |
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Mr. Abell, an American music critic stationed in Berlin from 1890-1918, records his extensive interviews with composers Brahms, Strauss, Puccini, Humperdink, Bruch, and Grieg.
Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers
Title | Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick Kavanaugh |
Publisher | Zondervan |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0310208068 |
This is a compelling and inspiring look at spiritual beliefs that influenced some of the world's greatest composers, now revised and expanded with eight additional composers.
Secret Lives of Great Composers
Title | Secret Lives of Great Composers PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Lunday |
Publisher | Quirk Books |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2014-04-08 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1594747466 |
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!
Meet the Great Composers, Bk 1
Title | Meet the Great Composers, Bk 1 PDF eBook |
Author | Maurice Hinson |
Publisher | Alfred Music Publishing |
Pages | 38 |
Release | 1996-04 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780739010440 |
Contains information on 17 composers who range from the Baroque period to the Contemporary period. Book contains a picture with relevant facts and suggested listening, a brief biography, a study of his music (or time he lived) and a question and answer page for each composer. The accompanying CD includes the suggested listening for each composer; the activity sheets contain the picture with facts and question and answer page for each composer in a reproducible format.
The Lives of the Great Composers
Title | The Lives of the Great Composers PDF eBook |
Author | Harold C. Schonberg |
Publisher | W. W. Norton |
Pages | 653 |
Release | 1981-01-01 |
Genre | Composers |
ISBN | 9780393013023 |
Biographies of the important composers from Monteverdi and Bach to Bartok and Webern are designed to show the history of music.
A Taste for the Classics
Title | A Taste for the Classics PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick Kavanaugh |
Publisher | Sparrow Corporation |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780917143298 |
Stories of the Great Composers: Book & CD
Title | Stories of the Great Composers: Book & CD PDF eBook |
Author | Maurice Hinson |
Publisher | Alfred Music Publishing |
Pages | 60 |
Release | 2000-07 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780739012796 |
It is important that young students learn about the lives of the great composers who have enriched our lives with beautiful music. The 12 units in Stories of the Great Composers give elementary students a glimpse into each composer's life, character and music. Includes a CD recording of the suggested listening, featuring one composition by each composer.