This is a compelling and inspiring look at spiritual beliefs that influenced some of the world's greatest composers, now revised and expanded with eight additio

A new and fascinating biography of the most outstanding composer in musical history. Covering Bach's earliest efforst in Eisenach, his cultural inheritance, his

This new authoritative reference provides an illustrated guide to the most influential western composers of classical music: the ones who have defined or develo

Describes how Johann Sebastian Bach survived the sorrows of his childhood and composed the music the world has come to love.

'A glorious plum-pudding of a book, to be consulted, with pleasure and profit, over and over again' Sir Jeremy Isaacs Michael Steen's 'Great Composers' was orig