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The lives and times of the great composers
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Studies the social, cultural, and political spheres that affected the lives and works of approximately 50 composers.
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- Creator
- Michael Steen
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004
- Physical Details
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- viii, 984 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0195222180, 9780195222180
- OCLC
- ocm55764605
- Originally published: UK : Icon Books, 2003.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 953-965) and index.
- 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
Subjects
- 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.