Musical mysteries : from Mozart to John Lennon /

Borowitz, Albert, 1930-

Musical mysteries : from Mozart to John Lennon / Albert Borowitz. - 1 online resource (192 pages) : illustrations. - True crime history series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9781612775012


Crime in music.
Music and crime.
Musicians--Death.


Electronic books.

ML3916 / .B6 2010

780/.0364