The daily book of classical music, Leslie Chew [and others]
Type
Label
The daily book of classical music, Leslie Chew [and others]
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The daily book of classical music
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Oclc number
1840608365
Responsibility statement
Leslie Chew [and others]
Summary
Now aficionados of this timeless genre can learn something about classical music every day of the year! Readers will find everything from brief biographies of their favorite composers to summaries of the most revered operas
Table Of Contents
""Cover""; ""Title""; ""About the Authors""; ""THE DAILY BOOK OF: Classical music""; ""Introduction""; ""Medieval Music (400�1400) WHERE IT ALL BEGAN""; ""Binary Form: WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT""; ""Ludwig van Beethoven: (1770�1827) THE MUSIC INSIDE HIS HEAD""; ""Symphony No. 5 in C minor""; ""Dido and Aeneas: HENRY PURCELL (1659�1695)""; ""The Orchestra: MAKING BEAUTIFUL MUSIC TOGETHER""; ""Music Theory: FULL OF SOUND AND THEORY""; ""Arena di Verona: THE GODFATHER OF AMPHITHEATERS""; ""Mozarthaus Vienna: AT HOME WITH MOZART""; ""Beethoven and Rosemary�s Baby: THE DEVIL�S IN THE DAKOTA""""Early Medieval: (BEFORE 1150) MORE THAN MEETS THE EAR""""Ternary: TO RETURN, ONE MUST FIRST LEAVE""; ""Johannes Brahms (1833�1897) LOOKING BOTH WAYS""; ""Eine Kleine Nachtmusik""; ""Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro): WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756�1791)""; ""The String Section: LOTS OF STRINGS ATTACHED""; ""Ear Training and Sound Recognition: SOUNDS LIKE...""; ""Carnegie Hall: NEW YORK�S FINEST""; ""The International Chopin Festival: EUROPE�S OLDEST PIANO FESTIVAL""; ""Khachaturian�s Adagio in 2001: A Space Odyssey: THE COLD, LONELY, INFINITE EXPANSE OF SPACE""""High Medieval (1150�1300) POETRY IN MOTION""""Inner Forms 1: Motive: WOULD YOU REPEAT THAT?""; ""Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: (1809�1847) A SHORT, BRIGHT LIGHT""; ""Air on the G String""; ""Don Giovanni: WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756�1791)""; ""The Violin: A 450-YEAR-OLD LOVE AFFAIR""; ""What Is Musical Form?: TIME AND PATTERN ARE ESSENTIAL""; ""Royal Albert Hall: BRILLIANT SET OF PIPES""; ""Get in Line...Early: BAYREUTH FESTIVAL AND RICHARD WAGNER MUSEUM""; ""Beethoven�s “Ode to Joy� in Help: TIGERS HAVE TASTE""""Late Medieval: (1300�1400) WHEN POETRY AND MUSIC CAME TOGETHER""""Minuet and Trio: ONE, TWO, THREE, ONE, TWO, THREE...""; ""Sergei Rachmaninov: (1873�1943) MUSIC FROM HIS DEPTHS""; ""Adagio for Strings""; ""Cosi fan Tutte: WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756�1791)""; ""The Viola: KISSING COUSIN TO THE VIOLIN""; ""How We Perceive Musical Form: THE SHAPE OF SOUND""; ""La Fenice: FORGED BY FIRE""; ""Moab Music Festival, Utah: MUSIC IN CONCERT WITH LANDSCAPE""; ""Benjamin and The Man Who Knew Too Much: STORM CLOUDS ARE BREWING""; ""Renaissance: (1400�1600) MUSICAL PROGRESS IN THREE PARTS""