Book of Musical Anecdotes: Hundreds of Classic and Little-Known Stories About the World's Greatest Composers and Performers
ISBN-13:
9781439199947
ISBN-10:
1439199949
Edition:
1
Author:
Norman Lebrecht
Publication date:
2010
Publisher:
Free Press
Format:
Paperback
384 pages
Category:
Musical Genres
,
Reference
,
Music
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ISBN-13:
9781439199947
ISBN-10:
1439199949
Edition:
1
Author:
Norman Lebrecht
Publication date:
2010
Publisher:
Free Press
Format:
Paperback
384 pages
Category:
Musical Genres
,
Reference
,
Music
Summary
Book of Musical Anecdotes: Hundreds of Classic and Little-Known Stories About the World's Greatest Composers and Performers (ISBN-13: 9781439199947 and ISBN-10: 1439199949), written by authors
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Here is one of the most enjoyable and illuminating books ever published for the music lover, a feast of delightful anecdotes that reveal the all-too-human side of the great composers and performers.There are stories of appetites (Handel eating dinner for three), embarrassments (Brahms falling asleep as Liszt plays), oddities (Bruckner's dog being trained to howl at Wagner), and devotions (a lovely admirer disrobing in tribute to Puccini). There are memorable accounts of Stravinsky telling Proust how much he hates Beethoven, of Tchaikovsky's first bewildering telephone call, of Dvorak's strange love of pigeons, and of Verdi's intricate maneuvering to keep the now-famous melody of "La donna รจ mobile" top secret.There is also wonderful trivia (Beethoven loved to cat "bread soup" made with ten raw eggs), along with eccentric strategies (Verdi, disturbed by the sound of street organs playing arias from his operas, hired them all for a season and kept them locked in a room). There are examples of musicians munificent generosity (Haydn called Mozart "the greatest composer known to me, either in person or by name"), and scathing dismissal ("Have you heard any Stockhausen?" the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham was asked. "No," he replied, "but I believe I have trodden in some").Collected from thousands of books, articles, and unpublished manuscripts (with historical sources provided in extensive notes), these anecdotes appear in their original form, throwing fresh light on familiar figures in the musical hall of fame. For browsing, reading, research and amusement, this book is a grand entertainment for concert-goers, record-buyers, operamanes, gossips and music lovers everywhere.
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