The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Classical Music

Informationen zum Autor Tim Smith Klappentext 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 TchaikovskySignificant performers from Maurice Andre and Leornard Bernstein to Georg Solti and Yo Yo MaThe landmark works from Appalachian Spring to Don JuanA concise history of classical musicA deconstruction of the art formThe language of classical musicValuable resources for the Curious Listener Zusammenfassung 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

Product details

• Authors: Tim Smith, Timothy K Smith, Timothy K. Smith, Michael Tilson Thomas
• Assisted by: Michael Tilson Thomas (Foreword)
• Publisher: Tarcher, J.P. Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.08.2002
• EAN: 9780399527951
• ISBN: 978-0-399-52795-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 203 mm x 18 mm
• Series: NPR Curious Listener's Guide T; NPR Curious Listener's Guide T
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias