The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Classical Music
Book Details
Author(s)
Tim Smith
Publisher
TarcherPerigee
ISBN / ASIN
0399527958
ISBN-13
9780399527951
Availability
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Sales Rank
#694,858
Category
Performing Arts
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
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 to Don Juan
- A concise history of classical music
- A deconstruction of the art form
- The language of classical music
- Valuable resources for the Curious Listener
