The Classical Music Book
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This original, graphic-led book explores and explains the key ideas underpinning the world's greatest classical compositions and musical traditions, defines their importance to the musical canon, and places them into their wider social, cultural, and historical context. The nineteenth title in Dorling Kindersley's bestsellingBig Ideas Series,The Classical Music Bookcombines accessible, authoritative text with bold explanatory graphics to make the subject of classical music approachable to readers with an interest in the subject who want to learn more while still offering enough to appeal to music aficionados.From early devotional works to the great symphonies of the Classical and Romantic eras and the diverse and often challenging works of the modern era,The Classical Music Booklooks at more than 90 key pieces of music and explores the salient themes and ideas behind each of them.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Dorling Kindersley
- Language
- English
- Series
- Big Ideas Simply Explained
- ISBN
- 9781465473424
B07K8CRZFM - Release date
- 2018
