The Glorious Ones: Classical Music's Legendary PerformersThe Pulitzer Prize-winning "New York Times" music critic provides anecdotal accounts of the lives and times of thirty-nine musical superstars--from the castrate to Pavarotti and Horowitz. |
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The Castrati | 3 |
Angelica Catalani | 19 |
A Digression on Travel the Industrial Revolution | 31 |
Copyright | |
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