composers

Chronicles the life of Romantic era opera composer Gioachino Rossini, exploring the mystery of his withdrawal from the forefront of Europe's cultural stage and the curtailing of his unparalleled career.

Focuses on the childhood and early musical training of the prolific eighteenth-century German composer, Johann Sebastian Bach.

Tells the story of composer Ludwig van Beethoven as a child who was bad at math, but very, very good at music.

Biography of Stephen Foster, a nineteenth century American songwriter, whose songs, which include "Oh! Susanna" celebrate the rural South.

A biography of the Italian composer of the operas Barber of Seville and William Tell. Includes analyses of many of his works.

A biography of the nineteenth-century musical genius Richard Wagner, that examines the controversies that surrounded him during his lifetime and continue to the present.

A biography of the Hungarian pianist and composer who began his career with a piano recital at age nine. Includes examples and analyses of his work.

Presents all aspects of a composer's life, works and times, their position in society, the reception accorded their music, their loves, their triumps and disasters.