Jul 10, 2025 | Biographies
The following are excerpts from the book Prince (Inside the Music and the Masks) (Ronin Ro). This book was written in 2011, just five years before Prince’s death. It outlines his life and career. Prince’s musical influences were from a wide range of styles,...
Jul 10, 2025 | Biographies
The following contains excerpts from Mozart, His Life and Times (Peggy Woodford) This is a biography of one of the most talented musicians to have ever lived. His story is not one of success, but of difficulties both personally as well as societally, yet the genius...
Jul 10, 2025 | Biographies
Following are excerpts from Olivier Messiaen and the Music of Time (Paul Griffiths). This is a particularly dense book, integrating Messiaen’s chronology with a thorough analysis of his works and his particular approach to musical composition. Griffiths intertwines...
