The Sideways Guide to Composers, by Jeremy Beadle, with Caricatures by John Minnion (TPB, 1993, $2)
"Murderers, saints, jailbirds, princes, paupers, architects, adulterers, ascetics, insurance salesmen , suffragettes, chemistry lecturers... Composers are a bewildering lot, and that's even before you've tackled their music. The Sideways Guide to Composers gives an occasionally irreverent potted history of life and work for 100 of them, each caricatured in John Minnion's unique style that will be familiar to readers of Classic CD"
I just started going to hear the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra's concerts- I doubt the comments in this book will make it into the programs at the RPO.
Look for this on the new non-fiction table. (Later, music)
