I find the life of composers fascinating! I have been listening to an audio lecture called, "How to listen to and understand great music" by Professor Robert Greenberg of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. It has been very enlightening to do dishes to:) I've learned that Tchaivosky was afraid that his head would fall off while conducting, so he would hold on to his head with one hand and lead with another. I learned that Debussy preferred the company of cats to people, and Mozart was not as crazy as the movie Amadeus made him out to be.
I loved this series for also explaining the different styles of German, Italian, and French music. They correlate with their language. German is sharp with lots of consonants and so is their music. Italians have a perfect blend of consonants and vowels, and their music focuses on relationships. French language is full of vowels. You often cannot tell where one word ends and the other begins and the same is true of their music...there isn't a defined beat. It's very flowy. This is generalizing and paraphrasing, but it helped me to recognize the differences and appreciate the beauty of each style of music.
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