In the new edition of this highly successful book, Harold
Schonberg traces the consecutive line of composers from Monteverdi
to the tonalists of the 1990s through a series of fascinating
biographical chapters. Music is a continually evolving art, and
there have been no geniuses, however great, who have not been
influenced by their predecessors. The great composers are here
presented as human beings who lived and related to the real world.
All of the important figures - Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven,
Chopin, Verdi, Wagner, Mahler, and many others - are included,
their lives woven into a fabric rich in detail and anecdote. For
this new edition, Schonberg has extended the book''s coverage with
informative and astute descriptions of later composers. What has
not been changed is the character of the book, which remains an
object of delight to all music lovers.
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Harold C Schonberg was born and raised in New York City. He
served on the staff of the NEW YORK TIMES for nearly thirty years
and was senior music critic from 1960 until 1980. He was awarded
the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1971, the first in the field of
music to receive this honour.