Letters for the Ages Great Musicians - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1399419463 ISBN 13 : 9781399419468

Editeur : Bloomsbury Continuum, 2025

Synopsis

A collection of letters written through the ages from musicians of all genres, from Mozart to Elton John.

For tens of thousands of years, across various civilisations, our species has been creating music. But what is behind the human fascination with music? This new volume in the Letters for the Ages series explores that question through the personal correspondence of history's most brilliant musical talent, ranging from Hildegaard of Bingen to Amy Winehouse.

Spanning from the 12th to the 21st centuries, the letters assembled in this collection combine to delve into musicians' personal relationship with music and the creative process behind their greatest works of art. Witness your musical idols, warm-hearted and compassionate, arrogant and angry, insecure and egocentric, defeated and morose.

The letters give a rare insight into the innermost thoughts of these great musicians who have created some of the most recognisable and beautiful music ever heard. But despite the mass of talent within these pages, these letters also provide the realisation that even the most extraordinary music has been created by normal people with everyday worries and preoccupations.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

James Drake is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Founder at Of Lost Time, an innovative literary unit which uncovers the hidden stories of the past through the power of personal correspondence. When James is not trawling through historical letters, he is seeking to improve the health and welfare of people impacted by head injuries through his Drake Foundation, and supporting the next generation of exceptional musicians through his Drake Calleja Trust.

Edward Smyth is a writer, editor and professional fundraiser. He holds under- and post-graduate degrees in music, and an MA in theology, from Durham University and a further master's degree in criminology from Oxford. Edward is the Chair of Sing Inside, a small charity delivering singing workshops in prisons, and is Head of Development at the Prison Reform Trust.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

A collection of letters written through the ages from musicians of all genres, from Mozart to Elton John.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Continuum
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1399419463
• ISBN 13: 9781399419468
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Éditeur: Drake James, Smyth Edward
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Van Ditmar Boeken, VDB Sales; sales@vanditmar.nl; ; Hondiuslaan 44; Utrecht; 3528 AB; Pays-Bas