Raising the Roof : A Dazzling History of Classical Music and its Colourful Characters by Jack Pepper

Raising the Roof : A Dazzling History of Classical Music and its Colourful Characters by Jack PepperComposer and broadcaster Jack Pepper introduces the world of classical music and its colourful characters as you've never seen it before LET'S ROCK! Informal, raucous and sometimes scandalous, the heroes of classical music are often far from the composed images they're portrayed as. Take a walk in the shoes of 20 original rock stars from the last millennium and find out what it really takes to write a timeless classical hit. Rub shoulders with Mozart,

full of personal anecdotes and love letters to things that bring Bill Bailey pleasure' Sunday Mirror'Very thoughtful and written in a delightfully humorous and accessible way

” Catherine Doyle“A cinematic roller-coaster ride of a book

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and the fun had with the family and friends that made him

Sometimes all at the same time

will it ever end

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and there’s no man in her life to tell her what to do or how much whisky to drink

· Sidebars throughout the guide focus on diverse topics such as Roman aqueducts

AND LOSE YOURSELF IN THE FIRST BOOK OF THE SKYE SISTERS TRILOGY

’ JOHN LENNON Earl Slick was barely out of his teens when David Bowie hired him to play guitar on the ground-breaking 1974 Diamond Dogs tour

'A brilliant and brilliantly strange and strangely funny and menacing debut