| Composers' Notes (Classic FM) by T. Lihoreau |
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We’ve all heard sad tales of impoverished composers – Mozart thrown into a pauper’s grave, Beethoven arrested  as a tramp, so shabby were his clothes. But is it all true? Is the composer’s lot one of endless misery? Vivaldi ended up in a pauper’s grave but allegedly earned and squandered around £1.6 million. True or false?Then there are the tales of composers who were fabulously wealthy. Gershwin made $10,000 from three minutes of music. Haydn’s celebrity was so great that anything he touched turned to gold. Even his parrot sold for £35,000. So who were the cash kings? And which composers were fiscal failures? Based on Classic FM’s highly successful Composers’ Notes radio series, this book gives you the ins and outs of composers’ cashflow. And then puts them head-to-head in a “rich list” of history’s greatest composers. Where does your favourite composer come? Price guide: £9.99 www.classicfm.com November 2006 |
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