European Music Map

Author: Chen Can
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Clarifies several long-standing misconceptions in music history: · Mozart's early death was not entirely due to poverty, · Beethoven did not tear up the original cover of the Symphony No. 3, · Adding a human voice to symphonies was not Beethoven's original idea, · The person who donated 20,000 francs to Berlioz was not Paganini, · was not, as he claimed, forced to join the Nazi party. The main musical information in this book is presented in a bilingual (Chinese-English) format, systematically introducing the activities and maturation of classical music in major European countries. It also includes many interesting stories that reveal the lesser-known sides of the composers.