4 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
British musician and songwriter who is one of the best-selling musical artists in history — known for Rocket Man, Tiny Dancer, and Crocodile Rock — whose flamboyant persona, addiction struggles, and AIDS philanthropy through the Elton John AIDS Foundation have made him as culturally significant off-stage as on.
Russian-American conductor and pianist — son of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn — who has conducted major orchestras worldwide and has been an interpreter of Russian classical music.
German composer who wrote the 9 symphonies, the late string quartets, and the piano sonatas — becoming deaf before completing his greatest works — making him the archetypal example of the artist whose suffering is inseparable from the transcendence of their art.
Austrian composer who composed over 800 works in his 35 years of life — symphonies, operas, concertos, chamber music, sacred music — with a fluency, variety, and structural perfection that has made him the paradigmatic example of musical genius.