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Lives of the Great Composers 3e

Lives of the Great Composers 3e

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by Harold C Schonberg

Book Details

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 1997
Language: en
Pages: 653
ISBN: 9780393038576
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Moderate confidence: 75%

Looky Rating System Score adjusted for ages 13+

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Content Intensity

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💥ViolenceVery low
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❤️Love & RomanceLow
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🧠Mental HealthLow
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💬!*$#LanguageNone
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🍷🚬Substance UseVery low
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😨Fear / HorrorNone

Story Themes

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🧙Fantasy / SupernaturalNot present
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🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ RepresentationBrief mention
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🚀Sci-Fi / FuturisticNot present
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Disability & NeurodiversityNot present

Description

An updated and expanded edition of this perennial favorite, tracing the line of composers from Monteverdi to the tonalists of the 1990s.In this new edition, Harold Schonberg offers music lovers a series of fascinating biographical chapters. Music, the author contends, is a continually evolving art, and all geniuses, unique as they are, were influenced by their predecessors.

Themes & Topics

Biography & AutobiographyMusic

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