Biography Classical Composers

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    • The Composer and His Work
    • By: Christoph Wolff
    • Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
    • Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 14-04-2020
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • A concentrated study of Johann Sebastian Bach's creative output and greatest pieces, capturing the essence of his art....

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    • Why He Matters
    • By: Harvey Sachs
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 15-08-2023
    • Language: English
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    • An astonishingly lyrical biography that rescues Arnold Schoenberg from notoriety, Schoenberg restores him to his rightful place in the pantheon of twentieth-century composers....

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    • The Art and Alchemy of Conducting
    • By: John Mauceri
    • Narrated by: John Mauceri
    • Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 07-11-2017
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • An exuberant, uniquely accessible look inside the enigmatic art and craft of conducting, from a celebrated conductor whose international career has spanned half a century....

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    • Coming of Age in the Land of Opera
    • By: Jane Glover
    • Narrated by: Jane Glover
    • Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 05-10-2023
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • An expertly researched and vividly written account of Mozart’s formative trips to Italy, from the author of Mozart’s Women and Handel in London....

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    • By: Darren Henley
    • Narrated by: Marin Alsop
    • Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 26-12-2004
    • Language: English
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    • The lives and music of the great composers of classical music unfold in this entertaining account, introduced by the conductor and musical personality Marin Alsop....

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    • By: Fred Plotkin
    • Narrated by: Fred Plotkin
    • Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 02-06-2004
    • Language: English
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    • In clear and entertaining prose, Plotkin explores a thousand years of music, introduces listeners to more than 100 great works, and profiles in depth many significant composers....

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    • 피아니스트 손열음의 클래식 이야기 [The Classical Story of Pianist Son Yeol-Eum]
    • By: 손열음
    • Narrated by: 정유정
    • Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 01-11-2024
    • Language: korean
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    • 손열음의 이번 책은 타 클래식 입문서와는 다른 세 가지의 차별점이 있다. 첫째, 클래식 매니아뿐만 아니라 음악을 사랑하는 사람이라면 누구나 읽을 수 있는 쉬우면서도 밀도 높은 글이라는 점. 둘째, 청중의 눈을 포함해서 연주자의 눈으로 음악을 바라보는 방법에 대해 소개하고 있다는 점. 그리고 마지막으로 대중들이 평소 궁금해했던 비밀스러운 영역인 '연주자의 삶'을 진솔하고 담백하게 고백하고 있다는 점이다.

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    • A Personal Guide
    • By: Anthony Tommasini
    • Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
    • Length: 20 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 06-11-2018
    • Language: English
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    • Tommasini offers his own personal guide to the canon - and what greatness really means in classical music. Tommasini draws on elements of biography, the anxiety of influence, the composer's relationships with colleagues, and shifting attitudes toward a composer's work over time....

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    • The Music, the Man and How He Became an Icon
    • By: Donald Macleod
    • Narrated by: Donald Macleod
    • Length: 20 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 24-09-2020
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • He was a revolutionary, an innovator, a disruptor. A man who accomplished incredible success but endured serious personal hardships....

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    • Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music
    • By: Blair Tindall
    • Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi
    • Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 31-03-2015
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Mozart in the Jungle delves into the lives of the musicians and conductors who inhabit the insular world of classical music....

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    • A Memoir of Bach and Mourning
    • By: Philip Kennicott
    • Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
    • Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 18-02-2020
    • Language: English
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    • A Pulitzer Prize-winning critic reflects on the meaning and emotional impact of a Bach masterwork....

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    • A Musical Wayfarer
    • By: Lorraine Byrne Bodley
    • Narrated by: Christa Lewis
    • Length: 20 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 26-12-2023
    • Language: English
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    • Lorraine Byrne Bodley takes a detailed look into Schubert's life, and provides an insightful biography of the great composer, revealing his complex and fascinating private life alongside his musical genius....

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    • By: Davina Caddy
    • Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
    • Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
    • Release date: 10-07-2024
    • Language: English
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    • The ambiguous details of Robert Schumann’s psychological decline and death have tended to dominate his biography. Yet in his time Schumann was lauded as a protean Romantic literary genius whose writings, as a music critic, poet, novelist and dramatist, eclipsed his musical creativity.

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    • El genial compositor ruso, clásico del siglo XX [The Brilliant Russian Composer of Classical of the 20th Century]
    • By: Online Studio Productions
    • Narrated by: uncredited
    • Length: 37 mins
    • Release date: 23-01-2018
    • Language: Spanish
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    • Un compositor ruso del siglo XX, cuya extensa obra es síntesis del romanticismo e impresionismo, abrió vías hacia el vanguardismo....

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    • By: Davinia Caddy
    • Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
    • Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
    • Release date: 26-05-2023
    • Language: English
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    • Is there any music more instantly recognizable and beautifully scored than Tchaikovsky’s wildly popular ballet Swan Lake? These and other works have become enduring classics, yet they were not uncontroversial in Tchaikovsky’s day....

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    • By: David Schoenbaum
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 11-08-2020
    • Language: English
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    • Wide-ranging yet intimate, The Lives of Isaac Stern is a portrait of an artist and statesman who began as an American dreamer and left a lasting inheritance to his art, profession, and the world....

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    • Masters of Classical Music
    • By: The History Hour
    • Narrated by: Jerry Beebe
    • Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 27-06-2019
    • Language: English
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    • Probably the most naturally gifted musician the world has ever known, Mozart began his career early as a child prodigy. Ludwig van Beethoven is a crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in classical music. Learn about them in this audiobook....

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    • Christian Encounters Series
    • By: Rick Marschall
    • Narrated by: Mark Smeby
    • Series: Christian Encounters Series
    • Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 20-06-2023
    • Language: English
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    • Two-and-a-half centuries after his death, the complex life of composer Johann Sebastian Bach continues to fascinate. Marschall brings Bach's enduring music and influence to the postmodern world and to all who would draw inspiration from his relentless pursuit of divinely ordained creativity....

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