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- Publisher: Random House Inc
- ISBN: 0679728058
- WAPI (Tower ID): 100063070
- Release Date: December 1, 1993
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #97659 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
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- #29 in Genres & Styles - Classical (See Top 100 Genres & Styles - Classical Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "The Vintage Guide to Classical Music" by Jan Swafford to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "The Vintage Guide to Classical Music"Browse more products related to "Jan Swafford"Publisher's noteAt once a lively musical history and an informed insider's key to personalities, epochs, and genres of the Western classical tradition, The Vintage Guide to Classical Music features chronologically arranged essays on composers and their works; a glossary of musical terms; and a complete appendix. Jan Swafford is a classical composer and writer. 100 illustrations. This is the most readable and comprehensive guide to enjoying over five hundred years of classical music--from Gregorian chants, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and beyond.The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is a lively musical history and an insider's key to the personalities, epochs, and genres of the Western classical tradition: Among its features:chronologically arranged essays on nearly 100 composers, from Guillaume de Machaut (ca. 1300-1377) to Aaron Copland (1900-1990), that combine biography with detailed analyses of the major works while assessing their role in the social, cultural, and political climate of their timesinformative sidebars that clarify broader topics such as melody, polyphony, atonality, and the impact of the early-music movementa glossary of musical terms, from capella to woodwindsa step-by-step guide to building a great classical music library If You Enjoy "The Vintage Guide to Classical Music (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "The Vintage Guide to Classical Music (Paperback)" by Jan Swafford (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Genres & Styles - Classical Bestsellers
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