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- catalog abstract "In an intentionally light-hearted style, Fritz Spiegl has researched the lives and loves of the great composers through the ages. In an alphabetically arranged panorama of biographical portraits, he humorously uncovers hitherto unknown aspects of the composers' personalities that are, at best, discreetly ignored by serious musical analysts or, at worst, have never made the history books at all. He also includes some of the female composers, such as Augusta Holmes and. Maria Szymanowska, who are only just becoming appreciated for their contributions to music. Fritz Spiegl's treatment and disclosures, however, are not just idle gossip. His concise use of biographical details gives a clear picture of each composer's musical career, revealing how his emotional life came to influence his music and, in some cases, vice versa. This volume alo features a special section which contains Spiegl's extensive researches into some of the pets of the. Great composers.".
- catalog contributor b8895116.
- catalog created "1997 [i.e. 1996]".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1997 [i.e. 1996]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997 [i.e. 1996]".
- catalog description "Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini -- Charles Camille Saint-Saëns -- Erik Alfred Leslie Satie -- Franz Peter Schubert -- Robert Alexander Schumann and Clara Josephine Schumann -- Bedrich/Friedrich Smetana -- Alessandro Stradella -- Richard Georg Strauss -- Arthur Seymour Sullivan -- Maria Agata Szymanowska -- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky -- Wilhelm Richard Wagner -- Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber -- Pets of the great composers.".
- catalog description "Great composers.".
- catalog description "In an intentionally light-hearted style, Fritz Spiegl has researched the lives and loves of the great composers through the ages. In an alphabetically arranged panorama of biographical portraits, he humorously uncovers hitherto unknown aspects of the composers' personalities that are, at best, discreetly ignored by serious musical analysts or, at worst, have never made the history books at all. He also includes some of the female composers, such as Augusta Holmes and.".
- catalog description "Johann Sebastian Bach -- Ludwig van Beethoven -- Albano Maria Johannes Berg -- Louis-Hector Berlioz -- Alexandre César Léopold (Georges) Bizet -- Johannes Brahms -- Anton Bruckner -- Frédéric (Fryderyk) Francois (Franciszek) Chopin -- Achille Claude Debussy -- Edward William Elgar -- Gabriel Urbain Fauré -- Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, Count of Conza, etc. -- Charles François Gounod -- George Percy Aldridge Grainger -- Franz Joseph Haydn -- Augusta Mary Anne Holmès -- Leo Eugen (Leos) Janacek -- Franz Kotzwara -- Jean-Marie Leclair -- Franz (Ferencz) Liszt -- Gustav Mahler -- Johannes Wolfgangus Amadeus Chrysostomus Sigismundus Mozart.".
- catalog description "Maria Szymanowska, who are only just becoming appreciated for their contributions to music. Fritz Spiegl's treatment and disclosures, however, are not just idle gossip. His concise use of biographical details gives a clear picture of each composer's musical career, revealing how his emotional life came to influence his music and, in some cases, vice versa. This volume alo features a special section which contains Spiegl's extensive researches into some of the pets of the.".
- catalog extent "256 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Lives, wives, and loves of the great composers.".
- catalog identifier "0714529176 (cloth) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Lives, wives, and loves of the great composers.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1997 [i.e. 1996]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : M. Boyars,".
- catalog relation "Lives, wives, and loves of the great composers.".
- catalog subject "780/.92/2 B 20".
- catalog subject "Composers Anecdotes.".
- catalog subject "Composers Sexual behavior.".
- catalog subject "ML390 .S6885 1995".
- catalog tableOfContents "Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini -- Charles Camille Saint-Saëns -- Erik Alfred Leslie Satie -- Franz Peter Schubert -- Robert Alexander Schumann and Clara Josephine Schumann -- Bedrich/Friedrich Smetana -- Alessandro Stradella -- Richard Georg Strauss -- Arthur Seymour Sullivan -- Maria Agata Szymanowska -- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky -- Wilhelm Richard Wagner -- Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber -- Pets of the great composers.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Johann Sebastian Bach -- Ludwig van Beethoven -- Albano Maria Johannes Berg -- Louis-Hector Berlioz -- Alexandre César Léopold (Georges) Bizet -- Johannes Brahms -- Anton Bruckner -- Frédéric (Fryderyk) Francois (Franciszek) Chopin -- Achille Claude Debussy -- Edward William Elgar -- Gabriel Urbain Fauré -- Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, Count of Conza, etc. -- Charles François Gounod -- George Percy Aldridge Grainger -- Franz Joseph Haydn -- Augusta Mary Anne Holmès -- Leo Eugen (Leos) Janacek -- Franz Kotzwara -- Jean-Marie Leclair -- Franz (Ferencz) Liszt -- Gustav Mahler -- Johannes Wolfgangus Amadeus Chrysostomus Sigismundus Mozart.".
- catalog title "Lives, wives, and loves of the great composers / Fritz Spiegl.".
- catalog type "Anecdotes. fast".
- catalog type "text".