Taking the form of a chronological diary from 1600 to the present, this book leads the reader through the centuries, year by year, following the musicians' overlapping and interweaving lives. The composers' own worlds, public and private, spring to life in extracts from contemporary letters and journals, and in hundreds of illustrations, many in full color. An informative introduction traces…
This series details the astounding transformations that raw materials undergo as they are manufactured into goods that every child knows and uses. See raw metal ore become a horn, milk become ice cream, and more.