Music of the Great Composers - A Listener's Guide to the Best of Classical Music

A unique guide to enhance and enrich your enjoyment of classical music, this book is for music lovers who want to better understand the works of the masters.

List of contents

Contents
Introduction
1. Getting the Big Picture
Intermezzo:
Musical Titles, or “What’s an Opus?”
2. Orchestra Music
Intermezzo:
The Conductor
Instruments of the Orchestra
3. Choral Music
Intermezzo:
The Mass
4. The Concerto
Intermezzo:
Tempo Indications
Keys and Tonality
5. Opera
Intermezzo:
Vocal Types
6. Chamber Music
Intermezzo:
The Components of Musical Sound
7. Song
Intermezzo:
The Elements of Music Composition
8. Solo Literature
Intermezzo:
Sonata Form
9. Where Do We Go from Here?
Intermezzo:
Concert Etiquette
Appendix 1: A Lifetime of Listening: Your First Thousand Pieces
Appendix 2: The Major Composers
Glossary
For Further Reading

About the author

Patrick Kavanaugh, executive director of the Christian Performing Artists' Fellowship, holds a doctorate in music composition. A conductor and performer, he is the author of Spiritual Moments with the Great Composers, Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers, and Raising Musical Kids.

Summary

A unique guide to enhance and enrich your enjoyment of classical music, this book is for music lovers who want to better understand the works of the masters.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Kavanaugh
• Publisher: Harper Collins (US)
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.1996
• EAN: 9780310208075
• ISBN: 978-0-310-20807-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 217 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 253 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Biblical Biography / New Testament, TOPICAL / Christian Interest, history;music;education;classical;homeschool;composer