Classical category: 3244 books
by Maggie Cotton
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Do you enjoy listening to classical music? Are you familiar with well-known composers and the music they created? Can you tell the difference between Boccherini and Birtwistle, or maybe you would like to be able to? If you answered yes to any of these questions you are certain to enjoy The Classical...
Twentieth-Century Classical Music
A Ladybird Expert Book
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES.
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How did modern classical music develop over the 20th Century?
What enabled women to get their music performed in the early 1900s?
Which classical composers borrowed from jazz?
How did composers respond to politics...
Classical Seattle
Maestros, Impresarios, Virtuosi, and Other Music Makers
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
The past 50 years have seen a tremendous arts boom in Seattle, which has given the city not only internationally recognized classical music institutions but also great performance halls to showcase their work and that of visiting artists. From Igor Stravinsky’s presence as guest conductor at the...
The Indispensable Composers
A Personal Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
An exploration into the question of greatness from the Chief Classical Music Critic of the New York Times
When he began to listen to the great works of classical music as a child, Anthony Tommasini had many questions. Why did a particular piece move him? How did the music work? Over time, he...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
Few authors of the Victorian period were as immersed in classical learning as Oscar Wilde. Although famous now and during his lifetime as a wit, aesthete, and master epigrammist, Wilde distinguished himself early on as a talented classical scholar, studying at Trinity College Dublin and Oxford and...
The Penguin Guide to the 1000 Finest Classical Recordings
The Must-Have CDs and DVDs
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2011
INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR
This completely new edition of the Penguin Guide reviews the 1000 best classical albums issued and reissued over the past five decades, many of which dominate the catalogue because of their sheer excellence, irrespective of recording dates. More comprehensive than...
by Helen Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
Music Talks: the lives of classical musicians by Helen Epstein (92,000 words)
A collection of profiles of some of the world's most fascinating musicians, including the late Leonard Bernstein, Vladimir Horowitz, and Dorothy DeLay and the very lively James Galway and Yo-Yo Ma. Passed from hand...
by Timothy K. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2002
For the beginner or the devotee—it's everything the classical music buff needs to know.
The major composers from Bach and Bartok to Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky
Significant performers from Maurice Andre and Leornard Bernstein to Georg Solti and Yo Yo Ma
The landmark works from Appalachian Spring...
Classical Form
A Theory of Formal Functions for the Instrumental Music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2000
Building on ideas first advanced by Arnold Schoenberg and later developed by Erwin Ratz, this book introduces a new theory of form for instrumental music in the classical style. The theory provides a broad set of principles and a comprehensive methodology for the analysis of classical form, from individual...
The Crisis of Classical Music in America
Lessons from a Life in the Education of Musicians
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
The Crisis of Classical Music in America by Robert Freeman focuses on solutions for the oversupply of classically trained musicians in America, problem that grows ever more chronic as opportunities for classical musicians to gain full-time professional employment diminishes year upon year. An acute...
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Classical Music
But Were Too Afraid to Ask
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
For readers who are unsure of the difference between an alto and a contralto, wonder exactly when to applaud at a concert, or aren't even sure what music they should be listening to in the first place, this is the perfect guide
All too often, potential classical music listeners are put off...
Symphony of Seduction
The Great Love Stories of Classical Composers
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
The orchestra has tuned, the lights in the hall have dimmed, and the conductor’s baton signals the downbeat for the beginning of the romance. Settle back – it’s telling you something…
The history of classical music is littered with murder, adultery, bigamy, fraud, sado-masochism, riches,...
by Mike Dugdale
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
The 'The Ultimate Classical Music Quiz Book' is a fun selection of original questions (and answers!), comprehensively covering all facets of classical music between 1730 and 1820! As a quiz game it will separate the Mozart's from the Salineri, the Beethoven's from the Luchesi's and is a fantastic way to enjoy classical music even more.
Classical Literature
An Epic Journey from Homer to Virgil and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
The writings of the Greeks and Romans form the bedrock of Western culture. Inventing the molds for histories, tragedies, and philosophies, while pioneering radical new forms of epic and poetry, the Greeks and Romans created the literary world we still inhabit today. Writing with verve and insight,...