Alice Mary Smith, who was born 180 years ago today, was a prolific and talented Victorian composer, whose accomplishments have, sadly, largely been airbrushed from history.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who was born 179 years ago today (May 7), is regarded by many as the greatest ever Russian composer, and was certainly the first to make a lasting impression globally.
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In celebration of the Telegraph recognising our efforts, and in the spirit of one good deed deserves another, we’ve decided to give away five free paperback copies of Maestros.
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These inspiring female composers were pioneers of classical music.
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I am no expert on classical music, but our compendium of original obituaries of the world’s greatest composers is a fascinating study of geniuses at work. These contemporary accounts of the lives of 101 maestros like Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Wagner and Schubert - sourced from the archives of newspapers and musical journals the world over - give a sense of how they were regarded at the times they died and reveal some fascinating and little-known facts about them.
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