European Music Map

Author: Chen Can
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2004-12-24
Features:
· Main musical information is presented in a bilingual (Chinese and English) format
· Systematically introduces the activities and maturity of classical music in major European countries
· Numerous interesting stories reveal the lesser-known aspects of composers
· Clarifies several long-standing misconceptions in music history:
· Mozart's early death was not solely 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 invention
· The person who donated 20,000 francs to Berlioz was not Paganini
· was not, as he claimed, forced to join the Nazi party