Musical mysteries : from Mozart to John Lennon / Albert Borowitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borowitz, Albert, 1930-2023.

Series:

True crime history series.

True crime history series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime in music.

Music and crime.

Musicians--Death.

Musicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title offers an engrossing look at the interplay between crime and music. Crime has formed the basis of countless plots in music theater and opera. Several famous composers were murder victims or believed to be murdered, and one of the greatest Renaissance composers slaughtered his wife and her lover. In "Musical Mysteries", renowned true crime historian Albert Borowitz turns his attention to the long and complex history of music and crime.

Contents:

Lully and the death of Cambert

Salieri and the "murder" of Mozart

Finale marked presto : the killing of Leclair

Carlo Gesualdo : murder and madrigals

Alessandro Stradella : revenge for love

The tragic night of Anton Webern

The deadly vacation of Marc Blitzstein

The stalking of John Lennon

Lamech, the second biblical killer : a song with variations

Gilbert and Sullivan on corporation law : Utopia, Limited and the Panama Canal frauds

"Pore Jud is daid" : violence and lawlessness in the plays of Lynn Riggs.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 14, 2013).

ISBN:

1-61277-501-2

OCLC:

868916535