- Editorial:
- QUIRK BOOKS
- Año de edición:
- 2011
- Materia:
- Biografías y memorias
- ISBN:
- 978-1-59474-402-0
- Encuadernación:
- Otros
SECRET LIVES OF GREAT COMPOSERS
WHAT YOUR TEACHERS NEVER TOLD YOU ABOUT THE WORLD'S MUSICAL MASTERS
MARIO ZUCCA / LUNDAY, ELIZABETH
True tales of murder, riots, heartbreak, and great music.
With outrageous anecdotes about everyone from Gioachino Rossini (draft-dodging womanizer) to Johann Sebastian Bach (jailbird) to Richard Wagner (alleged cross-dresser), Secret Lives of Great Composers recounts the seamy, steamy, and gritty history behind the great masters of international music. Youll learn that Edward Elgar dabbled with explosives; that John Cage was obsessed with fungus; that Berlioz plotted murder; and that Giacomo Puccini stole his churchs organ pipes and sold them as scrap metal so he could buy cigarettes. This is one music history lesson youll never forget!