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Lives of the Musicians

Written by: Kathleen Krull
Narrated by: John C. Brown, Melissa Hughes
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Publisher's Summary

This is no stuffy music appreciation lesson. Author Kathleen Krull makes these great artists come alive. From Bach to Mozart, George Gershwin to Woody Guthrie, Beethoven to Gilbert and Sullivan, you'll learn all about their lives and music, what they were really like and what inspired these geniuses of musical expression. Filled with interesting trivia and gossip, Lives of the Musicians is the ultimate guide to the great composers.
(P)1996 Audio Bookshelf; ©1993 by Kathleen Krull; Cover Illustration:  1993 by Kathryn Hewitt

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"Unstuffs a host of shirts and delivers wonderful musical trivia." (Newsweek)
"Living, breathing anecdotes - the stuff of which the best biography is made." (Publishers Weekly starred review)

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