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A glorious plum-pudding of a book, to be consulted, with pleasure and profit, over and over again Sir Jeremy Isaacs

Michael Steen s Great Composers was originally published in 2003. A lifetime s work and almost 1000 pages long, it has since become the reference point and key read on the biographical backgrounds to classical music s biggest names.

Authoritative and hugely detailed – but nonetheless a joy to read – this new edition will expand its readership further and capitalise on a newfound popular interest in classical music.

Steen s book helps you explore the story of Bach, the respectable burgher much of whose vast output was composed amidst petty turf disputes in Lutheran Leipzig; or the ugly, argumentative Beethoven in French-occupied Vienna, obsessed by his laundry; or Mozart, the over-exploited infant prodigy whose untimely death was shrouded in rumour.

About the Author

Michael Steen was born in Dublin, studied at the Royal College of Music, was organ scholar at Oriel College, Oxford and is currently chairman of the Royal College of Music Society. He is also the author of Great Operas (Icon, 2013)

• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13 x 6.1 x 19.7 cm

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