| Author | : Elizabeth Lunday |
| File Size | : 49,7 Mb |
| Publisher | : Quirk Books |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 08 April 2014 |
| ISBN | : 9781594747465 |
| Pages | : 288 pages |
Secret Lives of Great Composers by Elizabeth Lunday Book PDF Summary
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. You’ll learn that Edward Elgar dabbled with explosives; that John Cage was obsessed with fungus; that Berlioz plotted murder; and that Giacomo Puccini stole his church’s organ pipes and sold them as scrap metal so he could buy cigarettes. This is one music history lesson you’ll never forget!