Face to Face With Great Musicians (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Charles David Isaacson

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1332804527 ISBN 13 : 9781332804528

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Face to Face with Great Musicians offers vivid, human portraits of history’s most celebrated composers and instrument makers. Through engaging vignettes, the book invites readers to see these figures not as distant names, but as real, living people whose lives shaped their music.

Structured as a series of approachable profiles, the volume blends research with imaginative scenes to illuminate how a composer’s life feeds their art. It aims to bring audiences closer to the music by interpreting what the people and moments behind the notes might have felt, thought, and lived.

What you’ll experience

• Fresh, character-driven sketches of figures like Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Handel, and more


• Recounts of pivotal moments, challenges, and creative breakthroughs


• Insights into how personal life and relationships influenced famous works


• Context about instruments and makers, including Stradivarius, that shaped musical history

Ideal for readers who want a human, storytelling angle on classical music and its legends, and for anyone seeking a readable entry point into music history without technical jargon.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Leopold is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. This means that we have checked every single page in every title, making it highly unlikely that any material imperfections – such as poor picture quality, blurred or missing text - remain. When our staff observed such imperfections in the original work, these have either been repaired, or the title has been excluded from the Leopold Classic Library catalogue. As part of our on-going commitment to delivering value to the reader, within the book we have also provided you with a link to a website, where you may download a digital version of this work for free. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience. If you would like to learn more about the Leopold Classic Library collection please visit our website at www.leopoldclassiclibrary.com

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1332804527
• ISBN 13: 9781332804528
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 271
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