Great composers / [foreword by Antony Hopkins].
| Other author | Marshall Cavendish Books Limited. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Secaucus, N.J. : Chartwell Books, 1989. |
| Description | 464 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach and the church ; Frederick the great -- George Frideric Handel. Handel's London -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Captain James Cook ; 'Our worthy brother' -- Joseph Haydn. 'Vive la Nation' -- Ludwig van Beethoven. German Romantic art ; The Napoleonic age -- Franz Schubert. Fashion in Schubert's time ; Schubert's Vienna -- Felix Mendelssohn. A model for the nation -- Fryderyk Chopin. The two faces of Paris -- Robert Schumann. Leisure in Schumann's Germany -- Franz Lizt. Like men possessed -- Jacques Offenbach. The siege of Paris -- Johann Strauss II. The Mayerling scandal -- Johannes Brahms. The iron chancellor -- Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Life under the Tsars -- Antonin Dvorák. Land of opportunity -- Edvard Grieg. Norwegian independence -- Edward Elgar. Life in the Raj -- Claude-Achille Debussy. Impressionism -- Jean Sibelius. 'Of Gods and men' -- Gustav Mahler. Unreal city -- Sergei Rachmaninov. The great war -- Gustav Holst. Votes for women -- Maurice Ravel. The romance of Spain -- Béla Bartók. The origins of modern art -- Igor Stravinsky. The ballets Russes -- George Gershwin. 'The jazz singer'. |
| Abstract | A compendium of the world's greatest musical composers features drawings, etchings, and paintings and a text that discusses each composer's life and the influences behind his or her compositions. |
| Local note | EMUSIC- 305140008072 |
| General note | Original material: Marshall Cavendish Limited. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| ISBN | 1555213723 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML390 .G73 1989 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |