Classical Music's Strangest Concerts and Characters: Extraordinary But True Stories from over Five Centuries of Harmony and DiscordExtracted from five hundred years of musical history, this is a fascinating collection of stories about classical music's most unusual concerts and characters. Tales such as that of the organist caught with his trousers down or the orchestra that played faster and faster so that its members could catch the last train home, the sad story of the composer who committed suicide while conducting, the completely silent piece of music and the stone deaf composer who insisted on conducting will delight all lovers of classical music. Many famous names are here, as well the less eminent music performers, in this fascinating and revealing look at what really goes on in the world of classical music. |
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... Opera (1912) Not All Rite on the Night (1913) Mad About the Beat (1932) A Spanner in the Work (1937) The Frustrated Cellist (1939) Alexander's Sad Time Grand (1940) The Dame Who Defied the Bombs (1940) The Camp Where Time Ended (1941) A ...
... Opera (1912) Not All Rite on the Night (1913) Mad About the Beat (1932) A Spanner in the Work (1937) The Frustrated Cellist (1939) Alexander's Sad Time Grand (1940) The Dame Who Defied the Bombs (1940) The Camp Where Time Ended (1941) A ...
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Contents
Introduction | |
Slipup in the Sistine 1515 | |
On the Fiddle 1672 | |
Old Bach Pays Tribute 1747 | |
Last Chance for the King 1788 | |
The Disappearing Orchestra 1833 | |
Franz Liszt and the Big Tours 183847 | |
The Battle of the Champ de Mars 1845 | |
Ennio Bolognini 18931979 | |
A Timely Disagreement 1899 | |
Mad About the Beat 1932 | |
A Matter of Life and Death 1944 | |
The Frocks the Star 1953 | |
The Pianist Who Came a Kropper 1967 | |
A Fishy Tale 1977 | |
Hove Too 1993 | |
Vladimir de Pachmann 18481933 | |
Waiting for Gottschalk 1862 | |
Liebling Look What Theyve Done to Our Tune 1870 | |
The ThousandYear Reverberation 2000 | |
Heard Instinct 2000 | |
Eat Your Instruments Theyre Good for You 2004 | |
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