The life and times of the great composers /

Steen, Michael.

The life and times of the great composers / Michael Steen. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. - viii, 984 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Originally published: UK : Icon Books, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 953-965) and index.

Prelude -- Handel (1685-1759) -- Bach (1685-1750) -- Haydn (1732-1809) -- Mozart (1756-91) -- Beethoven (1770-1827) -- Schubert (1797-1828) -- Rossini (1792-1868) -- Meyerbeer, Bellini, and Donizetti -- Berlioz (1803-69) -- Mendelssohn (1809-47) -- Chopin (1810-49) -- Schumann (1810-56) -- Liszt (1811-86) -- Wagner (1813-83) -- Offenbach and Johann Strauss -- Verdi (1813-1901) -- Brahms (1833-97) -- Bizet (1838-75) -- Late-19th-Century France : Franck, Saint-San�?��s and Faur ��?�-- Russian Composers : Glinka and the Five -- Tchaikovsky (1840-93) -- Central-European nationalists : Smetana, Dvo ak, Janc��?�ek and Bartk���� -- Scandinavian nationalists : Grieg and Sibelius -- Mahler (1860-1911) -- Richard Strauss (1864-1949) -- Debussy (1862-1918) -- Puccini (1858-1924) -- The Russian Sequel -- England : Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Britten -- Postlu

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Composers--Biography.

ML 390 / .S8 2004