Composers' Notes $21.95

About this Book

We've all heard sad tales of impverished composers--Mozart's final resting place a pauper's grave, Beethoven arrested as a tramp, so shabby were his clothes. But is it all true? Is the composers's lot one of endless misery? Vivaldi ended up destitute 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't 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? 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 favorite composer come?

Specifications:
Author:Victor Lederer
Format: Trade Paper
Illustrations:None
Dimensions: 9” x 6”
Pagination:146 pages

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