Why Handel waggled his wig: and lots more stories about the lives of great composers

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The eagerly awaited follow-up to the best-selling Why Beethoven Threw the Stew . What did Haydn's wife use for curling-paper for her hair? What did Schubert do with his old spectacles case? Why was Dvorák given a butcher's apron when he was a little boy? Why did Tchaikovsky spit on a map of Europe?

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• The Bach cello suites: a companion di Steven Isserlis (2021)