Lunday - Η μυστική ζωή των μεγάλων μουσουργών

Greek edition of the book by Elizabeth Lunday - Secret Lives of Great Composers

What they never told you about the great composers

Translated by Nikos Stampakis

Illustration by Mario Zucca

With outrageous stories about famous composers, from Joaquino Rossini (fugitive lover) to Johann Sebastian Bach (convict) and Richard Wagner (said to be a womanizer), The Secret Lives of the Great Musicians chronicles the dark side of music's greats. You'll learn that Edward Elgar experimented with explosives, that John Cage was obsessed with mushrooms, that Berlioz plotted murder, and that Giacomo Puccini stole pipes from a church organ and sold them as scrap metal to buy cigarettes. A History of Music lesson that you will never forget!

“You left your coat in the cloakroom, gave your ticket, and took your seat to watch the concert or the opera. You open the deluxe program and try to get an idea of ​​the artistic feast that awaits you. Reading his scholarly text, you may be left with the idea that all the composers led lives of impeccable morals and honor, worthy of the attention we now pay to their works.

Well, not so much. The image of the provocative musician is much older than rock and roll…”