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Lives of the Musicians
Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors Thought)
Author: Kathleen Krull
Series: The Lives of Series
Narrator: John C. Brown; Melissa Hughes
Unabridged: 1 hr 57 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: AudioGO
Published: 04/30/2010
Synopsis
It's no secret that Beethoven went deaf, that Mozart had constant money problems, and that Gilbert and Sullivan wrote musicals. But what were these peopleand other famous musiciansreally like? What did they eat? What did they wear? How did they spend their time? What were they like as children? What were their phobias, obsessions, and bad habits? And what did their neighbors think of it all? Here are the fascinating and often humorous stories of twenty famous musicianspeople of all shapes, sizes, temperaments, and lifestyles, from various countries and historical periods, beginning with Vivaldi and ending with Woody Guthrie. Accompanied by brilliant caricatures, Lives of the Musicians will appeal to those who love music, to those who like to hear the story behind a famous name, and to just about everyone else.