An edition of The lives of the great composers (1970)

The Lives of the Great Composers

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An edition of The lives of the great composers (1970)

The Lives of the Great Composers

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In the new edition of this highly successful book, Harold Schonberg has traced the consecutive line of composers from Claudio Monteverdi to the tonalists of the 1990s through a series of fascinating biographical chapters. Music, the author contends, is a continually evolving art, and there have been no geniuses, however, great, who have not been influenced by their predecessors. The great composers are here presented as human beings who lived and related to the real world around them.

Schonberg brings the reader closer to an identification with the composers he discusses and thus closer to an understanding of their music. The book consequently places more emphasis on biographical details and less upon technical analysis of the music.

For this newly designed edition, Schonberg has once again extended the book's coverage with informative and clearly written descriptions of the later serialists, minimalist composers, and the new tonalists of the 1990s. Scattered throughout are many changes and additions reflecting the wide range of musicological findings of the past fifteen years. An updated bibliography has been prepared and additional illustrations provided.

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Cover of: The lives of the great composers
The lives of the great composers
1997, W.W. Norton
in English - 3rd ed.
Cover of: The lives of the great composers
The lives of the great composers
1997, W.W. Norton
in English - 3rd ed.
Cover of: The Lives of the Great Composers
The Lives of the Great Composers
June 9, 1992, Time Warner Books UK
Paperback
Cover of: The lives of the great composers
The lives of the great composers
1991, Cardinal
in English
Cover of: Los grandes compositores
Los grandes compositores
1987, J. Vergara, Javier Vergara
in Spanish
Cover of: The lives of the great composers
The lives of the great composers
1981, W.W. Norton
in English - Rev. ed.
Cover of: The lives of the great composers
The lives of the great composers
1980, Futura, Macdonald & Co.
in English
Cover of: The lives of the great composers.
The lives of the great composers.
1980, Macdonald Futura
in English - [New ed].
Cover of: The lives of the great composers
The lives of the great composers
1970, W. W. Norton
in English - [1st ed.]

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First Sentence

"The earliest composer in the history of music to enjoy an international repertory status in our times is Claudio Monteverdi."

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Paperback
Number of pages
555

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OL9612062M
ISBN 10
0349103402
ISBN 13
9780349103402
OCLC/WorldCat
59945344
Library Thing
72858

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The earliest composer in the history of music to enjoy an international repertory status in our times is Claudio Monteverdi.
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