The Vintage Guide to Classical Music: An Indispensable Guide for Understanding and Enjoying Classical Music Paperback - 1992 - 1st Edition
by Swafford, Jan
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At 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.
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- Title The Vintage Guide to Classical Music: An Indispensable Guide for Understanding and Enjoying Classical Music
- Author Swafford, Jan
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 624
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York
- Date 1992-12-15
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # GOR008608275
- ISBN 9780679728054 / 0679728058
- Weight 1.27 lbs (0.58 kg)
- Dimensions 8.05 x 5.22 x 1.24 in (20.45 x 13.26 x 3.15 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Music - History and criticism, Music appreciation
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 91050217
- Dewey Decimal Code 780.9
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The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is a lively -- and opinionated -- 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 times;
-- informative sidebars that clarify broader topics such as melody, polyphony, atonality, and the impact of the early-music movement;
-- a glossary of musical terms, from a cappella to woodwinds;
-- a step-by-step guide to building a great classical music library.
Written with wit and a clarity that both musical experts and beginners can appreciate, The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is an invaluable source-book for music lovers everywhere.
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Citations
- School Library Journal, 09/01/1993, Page 264
