Overview :Martin Simmonds' father tells him, "Never trust a musician when he speaks about love." The advice comes too late. Martin already loves Dovid... Read More
Overview :Here is one of the most enjoyable and illuminating books ever published for the music lover, a feast of delightful anecdotes that reveal the... Read More
Overview :Martin Simmonds' father tells him, "Never trust a musician when he speaks about love." The advice comes too late. Martin already loves Dovid... Read More
Overview :Twentieth century music has been remarkable for its pluralism. The various styles--atonality, neo-classicism, nationalism, serialism, jazz, ... Read More
Overview :Without Beethoven, music as we know it wouldn't exist. By examining one hundred of his compositions, a portrait emerges of the man behind th... Read More
Overview :This lively chronicle of the years 1847--1947--the century when the Jewish people changed how we see the world--is " a] thrilling and tragic... Read More
Overview :Why Mahler? Why does his music affect us in the way it does? Norman Lebrecht, one of the world's most widely read cultural commentators, has... Read More
Overview :In this compulsively readable, fascinating, and provocative guide to classical music, Norman Lebrecht, one of the world's most widely read c... Read More