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

Nocturnes Kazuo Ishiguro · 2009 ★★★★☆ 3.8 249 pages · ≈ 4 h 37 m · Moderate

One of the most celebrated writers of our time gives us his first cycle of short fiction: five brilliantly etched, interconnected stories in which music is a vivid and essential character.A once-popular singer,…

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…