A mid‑20th‑century popular introduction to major Western classical composers. Hughes presents concise biographies and contextual commentary on composers such as Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner, and newer 20th-century figures. This edition is illustrated, includes a helpful chronology, and is aimed at general readers with interest in classical music history.
This volume offers a wide-ranging selection of Ted Hughes’s poetry from 1957 to 1994, including poems from The Hawk in the Rain, Crow, River, Moortown, and others. It provides readers with a rich overview of Hughes’s evolving poetic voice.