Classical category: 3244 books
by David Pogue, Scott Speck
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2015
Haydn, Tchaikovsky, and Brahms, oh, my! The beginner's guide to classical music
Classical Music For Dummies is a friendly, funny, easy-to-understand guide to composers, instruments, orchestras, concerts, recordings, and more. Classical music is widely considered one of the pinnacles of human...
by Gareth Malone
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2011
Have you ever been carried away by a piece of classical music? In this funny, evocative, personal eBook, previously published as ‘Music for the People: The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Classical Music’, Gareth takes us on a journey of musical discovery that explains and entertains in equal measure....
The Classical Revolution
Thoughts on New Music in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
The Classical Revolution studies the recent emergence of a new brand of classical music, one rooted in “pre-modern” tonal traditions. Through polemical essays on the conflict between re-emergent tradition and the usual, bland “modern music” in which academic atonalism, process music and attempts...
by David Dubal
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2003
The ultimate guide to classical composers and their music-for both the novice and the experienced listener
Music, according to Aaron Copland, can thrive only if there are "gifted listeners." But today's listeners must choose between classical and rock, opera and rap, and the choices...
Classical Listening
Two Decades of Reviews from The American Record Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
The classical record business gained a new lease on life in the 1980s when period instrument performances of baroque and classical music began to assume a place on the stage. This return to the past found its complement in the musical ascension of the American minimalists, in particular the music...
Classical Music
The 50 Greatest Composers and Their 1,000 Greatest Works
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
MAKE A SOUND INVESTMENT IN CLASSICAL MUSIC
Who are the ten most important classical composers? Who in the world was Palestrina? Why did Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" cause a riot? Which five of each important composer's works should you buy? What is a concerto and how does it differ from...
by Darren Henley, Sam Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
An eclectic, fun, and informative guide to the 50 moments that changed classical music forever
From technological advances in music recording and practical innovations to landmark concerts and the births and deaths of the great composers, this book discusses the moments that defined classical...
Classical Music in a Changing Culture
Essays from The American Record Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2014
Founded in 1935, The American Record Guide is America's oldest classical music review magazine. In 1987, when Donald Vroon assumed its editorship, he took on the Herculean task of writing editorials on a vast array of subjects, amassing a wealth of commentary and criticism on not only the foibles...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
The third edition of The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature is the complete and authoritative reference guide to the classical world and its literary heritage. It not only presents the reader with all the essential facts about the authors, tales, and characters from ancient myths and literature,...
by Chris Dromey, Julia Haferkorn
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
This volume brings together academics, executives and practitioners to provide readers with an extensive and authoritative overview of the classical music industry. The central practices, theories and debates that empower and regulate the industry are explored through the lens of classical music-making,...
The Classical Music Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
This original, graphic-led book explores and explains the key ideas underpinning the world's greatest classical compositions and musical traditions, defines their importance to the musical canon, and places them into their wider social, cultural, and historical context.
The nineteenth title...
The Life and Death of Classical Music
Featuring the 100 Best and 20 Worst Recordings Ever Made
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2008
In this compulsively readable, fascinating, and provocative guide to classical music, Norman Lebrecht, one of the world’s most widely read cultural commentators tells the story of the rise of the classical recording industry from Caruso’s first notes to the heyday of Bernstein, Glenn Gould,...
Discovering Classical Music: Dvorak
His Life, The Person, His Music
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
"I recommend this book wholeheartedly to new music lovers" – Sir Charles Groves CBE
Thanks to Nigel Kennedy and Pavarotti, millions of people have recently discovered that classical music is a highly enjoyable experience, perhaps contrary to their expectations. But the world of...
Discovering Classical Music: Elgar
His Life, The Person, His Music
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
"I recommend this book wholeheartedly to new music lovers" – Sir Charles Groves CBE
Thanks to Nigel Kennedy and Pavarotti, millions of people have recently discovered that classical music is a highly enjoyable experience, perhaps contrary to their expectations. But the world of...