Paganini may have astonished audiences of his day with his technical skill, but they would have been astounded by the scale of his lechery. His pursuit of the fairer sex was to lead him into three labyrinthine and hilarious encounters with minxes who emptied his wallet before moving on. Puccini's wife, Elvira, was so paranoid about her husband's philandering that whenever an attractive woman came to dinner she put sex suppressant in his coffee. While Brahms'... Wryly observing each composers love life in its personal and ...
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Paganini may have astonished audiences of his day with his technical skill, but they would have been astounded by the scale of his lechery. His pursuit of the fairer sex was to lead him into three labyrinthine and hilarious encounters with minxes who emptied his wallet before moving on. Puccini's wife, Elvira, was so paranoid about her husband's philandering that whenever an attractive woman came to dinner she put sex suppressant in his coffee. While Brahms'... Wryly observing each composers love life in its personal and creative context, Grand Passions and Broken Hearts is a delightfully light-hearted romp through the lives and loves of some of the world's greatest composers.
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