books.google.com.au - Descended from four generations of distinguished composers and organists, Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) was driven by family tradition and an ambitious mother to pursue a career that brought him worldwide recognition as the greatest composer of Italian opera after Giuseppe Verdi. But behind the brilliant...http://books.google.com.au/books/about/Puccini.html?id=q2mkpHd0ZuwC&utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePuccini