JEREMY NICHOLAS

JEREMY NICHOLAS is West Ham Uniteds stadium announcer. A supporter since the age of six, Jeremys blood runs claret and blue. In the summer of 1998, after decades in the stands, he became the voice of his club - announcing the players, the substitutions, the trials and tribulations, and best of all the goals. Over the years hes established himself as one of the best announcers in the business, combining information with a gentle humour that make visits to the Boleyn Ground that bit more special.Mr Moon Has Left the Stadium is the hilarious tale of one mans obsession with football and doing things the right way. Part love story, part autobiography, part nostalgia, it will make you laugh and cry. It also answers the all-important question - who is Mr Moon?

From the romantic agonies of Hector Berlioz to the lonely labours of Anton Bruckner, and from the cosmopolitan triumphs of George Frideric Handel to the politically fraught career of Dmitri Shostakovich in the Soviet Union, the lives of the great composers are as varied and multifaceted as the works of creative genius they produced... Desde las agonias romanticas de Hector Berlioz a los solitarios trabajos de Anton Bruckner, y desde los cosmopolitas triunfos de George Friferic Handel a la fragil carrera politica de Dmitri Shostakovich en la Union Sovietica, las vidas de los grandes compositores son tan variadas y polifaceticas como las obras que sus genios creativos produjeron...

From the romantic agonies of Hector Berlioz to the lonely labours of Anton Bruckner, and from the cosmopolitan triumphs of George Frideric Handel to the politically fraught career of Dmitri Shostakovich in the Soviet Union, the lives of the great composers are as varied and multifaceted as the works of creative genius they produced. Writing with verve and passion, broadcaster and writer Jeremy Nicholas presents, in chronological order, elegant, informative and often affectionate biographical profiles of 50 of the greatest composers in the history of classical music. The biographies not only describe the life, artistic development and creative output of each composer, but also set the composers and their works in a broader historical and cultural context. Furthermore, shortlists of ''must-hear'' masterpieces for each composer give the reader all the information they need to begin to build a brilliant classical music collection. Taken together, the 50 profiles in The Great Composers amount to a concise history of 500 years of classical music. Accessible and entertaining, but also informative and authoritative, this is the perfect introduction to the world of classical music for the general reader.