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Brahms
by Hans A. Neunzig
Johannes Brahms was one of the seminal musical figures of the 19th century. He shot to fame as a dashing young performer and composer, ‘the one who had to come’ according to Robert Schumann. Then he consciously ‘switched’ this romantic image for that of heir to Bach and Beethoven.
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2004-07-01
9781904341178
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Dvorak
by Kurt Honolka
Kurt Honolka weaves the story of Dvorak’s life into the rich tapestry of the political and social tensions of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the twilight of its power. Honolka sets the scene for Dvoraks's 'American' music and his return from the United States, providing a facinating context for his most famous work, the Ninth Symphonie From the New World.
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2004-06-03
978-1-904341-52-9
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Robert Schumann
by Barbara Meier
Robert Schumann was the quiet one, the tormented genius. A serious illness prevented him from becoming a pianist, but he fell in love with Clara, the daughter of his piano teacher and married her in 1840.
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2004-01-01
978-1-904341-54-3
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Biography, Music
Price: £10.40
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Armstrong
by David Bradbury
Louis ‘Satchmo’ Armstrong (1900-71), born in poverty, brought up in an orphanage, dominated one of the art forms of the 20th century: jazz.
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2003-10-02
9781904341468
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Britten
by David Matthews
Benjamin Britten (1913-76) was the most prolific and celebrated English composer of the mid-20th century. Britten shot to international fame with his operas performed by the English Opera Group in 1947.
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2003-07-31
9781904341215
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