Musical Lives
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Feder charts the course of Ive's life and work with obvious empathy ... listeners new to Ives will come away with a real sense of the composer drawing on his idealised past to create music of... — More…
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Many considerably longer biographies seem to contain less material and are less engaging. Musgrave's research has been extensive, while his judgement is admirably balanced — More…
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John Rosselli's latest contribution to this admirable series has all the virtues of his earlier Bellini study ... both man and musician are worthily served — More…
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The best parts of this absorbing book are those where Dingle relates the music to Messiaen's religious faith and to the many difficulties he faced during his life ... many of the author's judgments... — More…
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One of the pleasures of The Life of Berlioz, by Peter Bloom, lies in the seamless way the author outlines the historical and cultural background. This book will be enjoyed by anyone interested... — More…
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John Rosselli is that best kind of guide: a scholarly, amusing, sceptical enthusiast — More…
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The most revealing and engagingly written single-volume biography of Claude Debussy, by the doyen of French music experts — More…
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Here, at last, is a Beethoven who behaves like a real composer. That he does so is thanks to the careful accumulation of circumstantial detail with which Wyn Jones, a dispassionate and even-handed... — More…
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Feder charts the course of Ive's life and work with obvious empathy ... listeners new to Ives will come away with a real sense of the composer drawing on his idealised past to create music of... — More…
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The author provides an accessible, insightful, and sympathetically humanistic portrait of the day-to-day existence of the man, bringing to light commonplace practical matters of the life of... — More…
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