A history of the villains and heroes of contemporary classical music, looking at the star system, commercialism, recording and management politics, concert agen
In this compulsively readable, fascinating, and provocative guide to classical music, Norman Lebrecht, one of the world’s most widely read cultural commentato
An award-winning scholar and leading authority on American symphonic culture argues that classical music in the United States is peculiarly performance-driven,
The treatment of life's most difficult problem by classical composers. Includes, as well, a large set of quotations on mortality. Readers say: "strangely comfor
There′s dreadful news from the symphony hall-the composer is dead! If you have ever heard an orchestra play, then you know that musicians are most certainly g