This book chronicles the lives of the great (and not-so-great) composers as you've never read them before - exploring their sex lives, exposing their foibles and expanding our understanding of these remarkable but also all too-human creatures Chock-full of information, interesting facts and trivia, this hilarious history covers music from Gregorian chant to the mess we're in now From Bach's laundry lists to Beethoven's bowel problems, from Gesualdo's kinky fetishes to Cage's mushroom madness