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The lives and times of the great composers  Cover Image Book Book

The lives and times of the great composers

Steen, Michael. (Author).

Summary: Studies the social, cultural, and political spheres that affected the lives and works of approximately 50 composers.

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  • ISBN: 0195222180
  • ISBN: 9780195222180
  • ISBN: 0195181298
  • ISBN: 9780195181296
  • Physical Description: print
    viii, 984 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

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General Note:
Originally published: UK : Icon Books, 2003.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 953-965) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Prelude -- 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-Saëns and Fauré -- Russian Composers : Glinka and the Five -- Tchaikovsky (1840-93) -- Central-European nationalists : Smetana, Dvořak, Janácek and Bartók -- 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 -- Postlude.
Subject: Handel, George Frideric 1685-1759
Bach, Johann Sebastian 1685-1750
Haydn, Joseph 1732-1809
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791
Beethoven, Ludwig van 1770-1827
Schubert, Franz 1797-1828
Rossini, Gioacchino 1792-1868
Meyerbeer, Giacomo 1791-1864
Bellini, Vincenzo 1801-1835
Donizetti, Gaetano 1797-1848
Berlioz, Hector 1803-1869
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix 1809-1847
Chopin, Frédéric 1810-1849
Schumann, Robert 1810-1856
Liszt, Franz 1811-1886
Wagner, Richard 1813-1883
Offenbach, Jacques 1819-1880
Strauss, Johann 1825-1899
Verdi, Giuseppe 1813-1901
Brahms, Johannes 1833-1897
Bizet, Georges 1838-1875
Franck, César 1822-1890
Saint-Saëns, Camille 1835-1921
Fauré, Gabriel 1845-1924
Glinka, M. I. (Mikhail Ivanovich) 1804-1857
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich 1840-1893
Smetana, Bedřich 1824-1884
Dvořák, Antonín 1841-1904
Janáček, Leoš 1854-1928
Bartók, Béla 1881-1945
Mahler, Gustav 1860-1911
Grieg, Edvard 1843-1907
Sibelius, Jean 1865-1957
Strauss, Richard 1864-1949
Debussy, Claude 1862-1918
Puccini, Giacomo 1858-1924
Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich 1872-1915
Rachmaninoff, Sergei 1873-1943
Stravinsky, Igor 1882-1971
Prokofiev, Sergey 1891-1953
Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich 1906-1975
Elgar, Edward 1857-1934
Vaughan Williams, Ralph 1872-1958
Britten, Benjamin 1913-1976
Composers Biography
Genre: Biographies.

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