Jonathan Noble: 2 books
That Jealous Demon, My Wretched Health
Disease, Death and Composers
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
The health - and especially deaths - of composers excite controversy. Was Mozart really poisoned? Did Tchaikovsky commit suicide? How did Beethoven lose his hearing? Much good previous scholarship has been sullied by unsubstantiated views, and many composers' reputations have been unfairly tarnished...
African Identity in Post-Apartheid Public Architecture
White Skin, Black Masks
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Since the end of Apartheid, there has been a new orientation in South African art and design, turning away from the colonial aesthetics to new types of African expression. This book examines some of the fascinating and impressive works of contemporary public architecture that 'concretise' imaginative...