Correspondence vs The biographical dictionary of musicians: Which Should You Read?

Correspondence Hector Berlioz · 1844 ★★★★☆ 3.8 322 pages · ≈ 5 h 58 m · Demanding

The Life of Hector Berlioz as Written by Himself in His Letters and Memoirs is both autobiography and artistic manifesto, gathering the composer's recollections and correspondence into a vivid self-portrait of Romantic…

The biographical dictionary of musicians Rupert Hughes · 1900 678 pages · ≈ 12 h 33 m · Challenging

Biographies of key composers and musicians selected and abridged from Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, including Claudio Montverdi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Mozart, John Cage, Billie Holliday, and…