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Swooning: A Classical Music Guide to Life, Love, Lust and Other Follies (Paperback)
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Swooning: A Classical Music Guide to Life, Love, Lust and Other Follies (Paperback)
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The history of classical music is littered with murder, adultery,
bigamy, fraud, sado-masochism, riches, poverty, gluttony, nervous
breakdowns, bizarre behaviour and terrible, terrible toilet humour
(Mozart was the prime exponent of the latter). Classical music -
nice? Not at all. It's the most immediate expression of mental and
emotional extremes- often deceptive, sometimes dangerous and
frequently a discomforting revelation. Swooning documents the all
too human flaws in the lives of the great composers by loosely
following the sequence of emotions as experienced in a love affair
- one that doesn't work out, of course. In this fully revised and
updated edition, Christopher Lawrence leads us through the
listening experience, from anger and Beethoven to sadness and
Tchaikovsky, triumph and Wagner and freedom and Mozart - it's all
here in this whimsical guide to the conduct of a romance, with some
handy hints on how to make it more, well, harmonious. One of
Australia's favourite radio personalities, Christopher Lawrence
boasts a career spanning more than 40 years of broadcasting. He is
best known for his work with ABC Classic FM, presenting the
network's Breakfast and Drive programs between 1994 and 2001. Three
of the Swoon CDs that evolved out of his Breakfast program broke
sales records in the Australian classical music industry, each
achieving Platinum status. As an orchestral and opera recording
producer Christopher has been awarded an International Emmy for
Performing Arts, three ARIA Awards, a Churchill Fellowship, and the
Editors' Choice Award at the Cannes Classical Awards in France.
Christopher has written three best-selling books- Swooning; Hymns
of the Forefathers, based on his documentary series about the
history of hymns seen on ABC TV; and Swing Symphony. He can be
heard on ABC Classic FM from 9 a.m. to midday presenting Mornings.
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