Jeremy Nicholas
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Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
From the romantic agonies of Berlioz to the lonely labours of Anton Bruckner, the lives of the great composers are as varied and multifaceted as the works of creative genius they produced. This book profiles 50 of the greatest composers in the history of classical music.
Author
Language
English
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A hideously disfigured composer, who lives in seclusion beneath the Paris Opera House, becomes a Svengali figure to young singer Christine Daaé, moulding her into a star performer. But his obsessive love for Christine is unrequited and when he fears she will be lost to him, his jealousy endangers everyone. Gaston Leroux's Phantom is one of literature's most famous tragic outsiders, inspiring fear and pity in an enthralling tale of fixation and thwarted...
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