The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Classical Music

Smith, Timothy K.

ISBN 10: 0399527958 / ISBN 13: 9780399527951

Verlag: Tarcher, 2002

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Classical Music
• Verlag: Tarcher
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0399527958
• ISBN-13: 9780399527951
• Einband: paperback
• Zustand: Good

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Inhaltsangabe

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

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Tim Smith is currently the music critic for the Baltimore Sun. He has written music criticism and other articles for the Washington Post, Washington Star, The New York Times, BBC Music Magazine, Chamber Music America, and others.