In Composers’ Letters, the voices of the fantastic figures of traditional music stand out through their correspondence. Set against the music we realize and like, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Wagner, Tchaikovsky and so many more talk openly about their music, their hopes and worries, their love, their sadness and their problems in realising their artistic hopes inside a commercial globe. Poignant, funny, disclosing, informative and so often immediate and honest, these letters offer a fascinating insight into the personalities that created our Western musical tradition.