| Contents |
Handel (1685-1759) -- Bach (1685-1750) -- Haydn (1732-1809) -- Mozart (1756-91) -- Beethoven (1770-1827) -- Schubert (1797-1828) -- Rossini (1792-1868) -- Meyerbeer, Bellini, and Donizetti -- Berlioz (1803-69) -- Mendelssohn (1809-47) -- Chopin (1810-49) -- Schumann (1810-56) -- Liszt (1811-86) -- Wagner (1813-83) -- Offenbach and Johann Strauss -- Verdi (1813-1901) -- Brahms (1833-97) -- Bizet (1838-75) -- Late-19th-century France: Franck, Saint-Saens and Faure -- Russian Composers: Glinka and the Five -- Tchaikovsky (1840-93) -- Central-European nationalists: Smetana, Dvorak, Janacek and Bartok -- Scandinavian nationalists: Grieg and Sibelius -- Mahler (1860-1911) -- Richard Strauss (1864-1949) -- Debussy (1862-1918) -- Puccini (1858-1924) -- The Russian sequel -- England: Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Britten. |
| Abstract |
This book studies the social, cultural, and political spheres that affected the lives and works of approximately 50 composers. |
| Local note | Little-351877--305131030131L |
| General note | Originally published: Icon Books Ltd, 2003. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 953-965) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004015020 |
| ISBN | 0195222180 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0195181298 (hardback : alk. paper) |
