Grieg: Illustrated Lives Of The Great Composers

Grieg: Illustrated Lives Of The Great Composers
Author: Robert Layton
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2011-05-16
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0857125672

A series of biographies of the great composers which present the subjects against the social background of their times. This volume focuses on Grieg and draws on personal letters and recollections, engravings, paintings and - where they exist - photographs, to build up a complete picture of the composer’s life.

Vaughan Williams: Illustrated Lives Of The Great Composers

Vaughan Williams: Illustrated Lives Of The Great Composers
Author: Paul Holmes
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2011-05-16
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0857125702

This series of biographies presents the great composers against the background of their times. Each draws on personal letters and recollections, engravings, paintings and, when they exist, photographs, to present a complete picture of the composer's life.

Stravinsky: The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers.

Stravinsky: The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers.
Author: Neil Wenborn
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2011-08-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0857124374

This book traces the remarkable course of a creative career which spanned the drawing rooms of the Imperial Russia and the social ferment of 1960s America, and serve to establish Stravinsky not only as the most celebrated composer of his time but also as one of the defining forces of twentieth-century culture.

The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers: Debussy

The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers: Debussy
Author: Paul Holmes
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2011-08-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0857124331

Lavishly illustrated throughout, this fascinating biography sets Debussy's musical revolution in the context of his times. It will be invaluable to musicians and concert-goers alike.

Puccini: The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers.

Puccini: The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers.
Author: Peter Southwell-Sander
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2011-08-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0857124579

This Fascinating biography chronicles Puccini's life and times, with dozens of photographs and illustrations of the period. His Musical heritage, his scandalous elopement with Elvira, his relationship with Caruso and the dramas of his own life and unfolded in loving detail.

Wagner: Illustrated Lives Of The Great Composers

Wagner: Illustrated Lives Of The Great Composers
Author: Howard Gray
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2011-05-16
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0857125699

Howard Gray. A series of biographies of great composers which present the subjects against the social background of their times. Each draws on personal letters and recollections, engravings, paintings and - where they exist - photographs, to build up a complete picture of the composer’s life.

Schubert: The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers

Schubert: The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers
Author: Peggy Woodford
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2011-08-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0857124951

Schubert died at the age of thirty-one, in obscurity, his genius unrecognised except by a few friends. Today he is acknowledged as one of the greatest composers of all times. His nine symphonies include what is probably the most famous of all symphonies - The Unfinished- and his chamber music, the best loved of all quintets - The Trout. Perhaps his most impressive accomplishment was the composition of over six hundred exquisite songs, including the Schöne Mullerin and Winterreise song cycles, which never cease to delight audiences. In this new biography, the author traces the life and times of Schubert, the development of his music and the political and social climate of Vienne in the years following the Congress of 1814. Documentation of the period, Schubert's own letters and the recollections of his friends help bring Schubert's time alive. The text is completed with a number of facsimile reproductions of Schubert's manuscripts and published editions.

Bach: The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers.

Bach: The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers.
Author: Tim Dowley
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2011-08-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0857124366

A new and fascinating biography of the most outstanding composer in musical history. Covering Bach's earliest efforst in Eisenach, his cultural inheritance, his series of posts as organist or musician, and his stormy career in Leipzig, Bach: The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers traces the significant stages of development in his family and his music.

Rachmaninoff: The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers.

Rachmaninoff: The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers.
Author: Matthew Robert Walker
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2011-08-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 085712434X

In this biography, Robert Walker skilfully blends the fascinating story of Rachmaninoff's life with the historical background of his times. The author shows, too, how outside influences- the 1905 and 1917 revolutions, the Great War, the Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression- very much affected Rachmaninoff as an artist. As well as the use of contemporary accounts, letters and reminiscences, the author has obtained recollections first-hand from distinguished musicians who knew the composer initmately and worked closely with him. The Book is illustrated throughout with photographs of the time, which are as fascinating as the text.

The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers: Schumann

The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers: Schumann
Author: Tim Dowley
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2011-05-16
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0857125680

This series of biographies presents the great composers against the background of their times. Each draws on personal letters and recollections, engravings, paintings and, when they exist, photographs, to present a complete picture of the composer's life.