Composer


Briefly, A Delicious Life
Speechless
Richard Wagner: A Life in Music
The Story Orchestra: Four Seasons in One Day
Duran Duran
Stravinsky: A Creative Spring: Russia and France, 1882-1934
Bohemian fifths: an autobiography
The Last Prodigy: A Biography of Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Orientations Collected Writings
I Want To Take You Higher: The Life And Times Of Sly & The Family Stone
Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage
Sadi's Bustan And Gulistan
Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times
Chopin: Pianist and Teacher: As Seen by his Pupils
Decoded
Cash by Johnny CashThe Piano Shop on the Left Bank by Thad CarhartThe Rest Is Noise by Alex  RossThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxPassion and Glory by John Suchet
Best Books About Music/Musicians
106 books — 48 voters

Mozart by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartBeethoven by Ludwig van BeethovenThe Bach Reader by Hans T. DavidMe of All People by Alfred BrendelThe Memoirs by Hector Berlioz
Classical Music Memoirs
87 books — 18 voters
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin by Lloyd MossDrum Dream Girl by Margarita EngleBen's Trumpet by Rachel IsadoraThe Man with the Violin by Kathy StinsonCharlie Parker Played Be Bop by Chris Raschka
Picture Books About the Art of Music
237 books — 34 voters

- Mom, can I tell them there that I'm Romanian? - Sure, why not tell them? - I was thinking that they wouldn't think... I'm bragging." (Dialogue with his mother before leaving for Vienna) ...more
George Enescu

Life without music can only be seen in black and white. It takes music to add the color.
Artie Shaw

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