composers

The Greatest

Culture - International Herald Tribune  Sat, 01/08/2011 - 20:00

A critic tries to pick the Top 10 composers of Western classical music. You’re invited to help.


 

Peter Tchaikovsky (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers)

Mike Venezia
Cover of Peter Tchaikovsky (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers)
This book features the world famous composer Tchaikovsky. Venezia's mixture of colour photos and his own illustrations provides the reader with factual biographical information about Tchaikovsky, along with the forces that inspired his music.

 

George Handel (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers)

Mike Venezia
Cover of George Handel (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers)
The author/illustrator of the highly successful Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists series lends his creative talents to another fun, informative series, this one featuring world-famous composers.

 

Johann Sebastian Bach (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers)

Mike Venezia
Cover of Johann Sebastian Bach (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers)
A brief biography of the prolific eighteenth-century composer and organist who created some of the world's greatest instrumental and religious music.

 

Ludwig Van Beethoven (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers)

Mike Venezia
Cover of Ludwig Van Beethoven (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers)
The author/illustrator of the highly successful Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists series lends his creative talents to another fun, informative series, this one featuring world-famous composers.

 

Beethoven's Letters

Ludwig van Beethoven
Cover of Beethoven's Letters
Features 457 of Beethoven's most candid letters dealing with such topics as his deafness, his declining health, other composers and their influence, and his own work. Includes 15 illustrations.