Classical Musician Biographies

Rachmaninov

By Robert Matthew-Walker

The Tide's Magnificence: Songs and Poems of Molly Drake

By Drake, Molly

Tristan & Isolde. English National Opera Guide 6: No. 6

By Wagner, Richard, Porter, Andrew, A.

Why Dylan Matters

By Thomas, Richard F.

Shostakovich: A Life Remembered

By Wilson, Elizabeth

Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa

By Haruki Murakami, Seiji Ozawa, Jay Rubin

Complete Opera Book

By Kobbe, Gustav, Harewood Earl of, George Henry Hubert Lascelles

Mozart

By Wendy Thompson

The Life of Richard Strauss

By Bryan Gilliam (Duke University, North Carolina)

Stones into Schools

By Greg Mortenson

Scriabin, A Biography: Second, Revised Edition

By Faubion Bowers

Tchaikovsky

By Edward Garden

Giuseppe Verdi: pocket GIANTS

By Daniel Snowman

Thinking Again

By Jan Morris

Planets

By Kate Petty

The Lives and Times of the Great Composers

By Michael Steen

Berlioz

By Hugh Macdonald

Tchaikovsky

By John Warrack

Mozart: The Reign of Love

By Jan Swafford

Memoirs

By Georg Solti

Cezanne: Masters of Art

By Roberta Bernabei

From Russia to the West: Musical Memoirs and Reminiscences of Nathan Milstein

By Nathan Milstein, Solomon Volkov, Soloman Volkov

Handel

By Christopher Hogwood

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

By Johannes C. Jansen

Beethoven

By Martin Geck, Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Anthea Bell

The Mozart Compendium: A Guide to Mozart's Life and Music

By H. C. Robbins Landon

Beethoven

By Denis Matthews

Soundscapes: A Musician's Journey through Life and Death

By Paul Robertson

1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die

Scotland: The Story of a Nation

By Magnusson, Magnus