by Jeremy Nicholas · Quercus · tapa dura · ISBN 9781847246172
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«The Great Composers» is Jeremy Nicholas's biographical compendium of classical composers, published by Quercus in hardcover (208 pages, in English).
The book brings together fifty biographical profiles of great composers in chronological order. Each entry summarizes the musician's life and artistic evolution, places it in its historical and cultural context, and adds a selection of essential works; the whole condenses five hundred years of classical music history.
The edition is the «UK ed.» variant from Quercus, with the subtitle «The Lives and Music of the Great Classical Composers».
Suitable for the general reader seeking an accessible introduction to classical music and the lives of its great composers.
