{"product_id":"2026200012487-secondhand-the-musicians-world-letters-of-the-great-composers","title":"The Musician's World: Letters Of The Great Composers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA window into the private minds of history's greatest musical geniuses, The Musician's World: Letters of the Great Composers presents an extraordinary collection of personal correspondence from the masters who shaped the Western musical canon. Edited and curated by the distinguished Austrian-British musician and scholar Hans Gal, this anthology gathers letters from composers spanning several centuries — from Bach and Mozart to Beethoven, Brahms, and beyond — revealing the passions, struggles, ambitions, and intimate thoughts that never made it into their scores.\n\nWhat emerges is a richly human portrait of artistic life, unfiltered and immediate, far removed from the reverence that often surrounds these towering figures. Gal's editorial hand is both scholarly and sympathetic, threading the correspondence into a cohesive narrative that illuminates the social, economic, and creative conditions under which these works were born. The letters crackle with personality — jealousy, joy, financial desperation, and transcendent inspiration — leaving the reader to wonder: what other secrets lie hidden in the silence between the notes?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130968383707,"sku":"2026200012487-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0c204621-6017-45b9-b979-46e0e57fc4c9.png?v=1786593186","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012487-secondhand-the-musicians-world-letters-of-the-great-composers","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}