In the new edition of this highly successful book, Harold Schonberg has traced the consecutive line of composers from Claudio Monteverdi to the tonalists of the 1990s through a series of fascinating biographical chapters. Music, the author contends, is a continually evolving art, and there have been no geniuses, however, great, who have not been influenced by their predecessors...(展开全部)

In the new edition of this highly successful book, Harold Schonberg has traced the consecutive line of composers from Claudio Monteverdi to the tonalists of the 1990s through a series of fascinating biographical chapters. Music, the author contends, is a continually evolving art, and there have been no geniuses, however, great, who have not been influenced by their predecessors...(展开全部)

In the new edition of this highly successful book, Harold Schonberg traces the consecutive line of composers from Monteverdi to the tonalists of the 1990s through a series of fascinating biographical chapters. Music is a continually evolving art, and there have been no geniuses, however great, who have not been influenced by their predecessors. The great composers are here pres...(展开全部)

In the new edition of this highly successful book, Harold Schonberg traces the consecutive line of composers from Monteverdi to the tonalists of the 1990s through a series of fascinating biographical chapters. Music is a continually evolving art, and there have been no geniuses, however great, who have not been influenced by their predecessors. The great composers are here pres...(展开全部)

Ernest Hemingway, Zadie Smith, Joan Didion, Franz Kafka, David Foster Wallace, and more. In Process, acclaimed journalist Sarah Stodola examines the creative methods of literature’s most transformative figures. Each chapter contains a mini biography of one of the world’s most lauded authors, focused solely on his or her writing process. Unlike how-to books that preach writing t...(展开全部)

Hans Ulrich Obrist has been conducting ongoing conversations with the world's greatest living artists since he began in Switzerland, aged 19, with Fischli and Weiss. Here he chooses 19 of the greatest figures and presents their conversations, offering the reader intimacy with the artists and insight into their creative processes. Inspired by the great Vasari, Lives of the Artis...(展开全部)

汉斯•乌尔里希•奥布里斯特（Hans Ulrich Obrist），1968年生于瑞士苏黎世，伦敦蛇形画廊联合总监，是活跃于当代艺术界的著名策展人和批评家。奥布里斯特迄今曾参与策划和发起了150 多个展览与项目，编撰有70 多本学术著作。著有《策展之道》《关于策展的一切》《策展简史》《做》等。

迪米特里·迪米特里耶·肖斯塔科维奇（俄语：Дмитрий·Дмитриевич·Шостакович，英文：Dmitri·Dmitriyevich·Shostakovich，1906年9月25日－1975年8月9日），原苏联最重要的作曲家之一，20世纪世界著名作曲家之一；生于圣彼得堡，1919—1925年在彼得堡音乐学院学习钢琴与作曲；1923、1925年先后毕业于钢琴、作曲专业，以毕业作品第1交响曲的演出而成名；1927年在肖邦钢琴比赛中获奖；卫国战争中所创作的第7交响曲享誉世界；1957、1962年先后因第10、13交响曲引起争论；1960年加入苏联共产党；1975年在莫斯科去世。 所罗门·伏尔科夫（Solomon Volkov 1944- ）， 俄裔美国作家。1944年生于中亚细亚列宁纳巴德，1967年毕业于里姆斯基-科萨科夫国家音乐学院。他主...(展开全部)

迪米特里·迪米特里耶·肖斯塔科维奇（俄语：Дмитрий·Дмитриевич·Шостакович，英文：Dmitri·Dmitriyevich·Shostakovich，1906年9月25日－1975年8月9日），原苏联最重要的作曲家之一，20世纪世界著名作曲家之一；生于圣彼得堡，1919—1925年在彼得堡音乐学院学习钢琴与作曲；1923、1925年先后毕业于钢琴、作曲专业，以毕业作品第1交响曲的演出而成名；1927年在肖邦钢琴比赛中获奖；卫国战争中所创作的第7交响曲享誉世界；1957、1962年先后因第10、13交响曲引起争论；1960年加入苏联共产党；1975年在莫斯科去世。 所罗门·伏尔科夫（Solomon Volkov 1944- ）， 俄裔美国作家。1944年生于中亚细亚列宁纳巴德，1967年毕业于里姆斯基-科萨科夫国家音乐学院。他主...(展开全部)