The Rough Guide to Classical Music
Author(s): Rough Guides
There are concise biographical profiles of more than 200 composers and informative summaries of the major compositions in all genres, from chamber works to operatic epics. Topics such as the influence of jazz, notation, conducting, the madrigal, and why Stradivarius made such great violins are covered fully in feature boxes. The Rough Guide has been praised for its mix of well-known composers with more obscure, but interesting, figures (like Antoine Brumel and Barbara Strozzi), and for the way it takes contemporary music seriously.
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Written by an experienced team of experts, drawn from the worlds of academia, music journalism and broadcasting.
General Fields
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- : rough
- : rough
- : 1.046
- : 28 July 2005
- : 234mm X 170mm X 33mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Rough Guides
- : Paperback
- : 4th Revised edition
- : 780.9
- : 656
- : Illustrations , ports.