Author: Duncan Clark
Publisher: Rough Guides
ISBN: 9781858287218
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Sketches of classical composers and CD reviews.
Classical Music
Author: Duncan Clark
Publisher: Rough Guides
ISBN: 9781858287218
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Sketches of classical composers and CD reviews.
Publisher: Rough Guides
ISBN: 9781858287218
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Sketches of classical composers and CD reviews.
The Rough Guide to Classical Music
Author: Joe Staines
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1405383216
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 691
Book Description
This expanded and completely revised fifth edition is a unique ebook, spanning a thousand years of music from Gregorian chant via Bach and Beethoven to current leading lights such as Thomas Adès and Kaija Saariaho. 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 to Classical Music in a new ebook (PDF) fromat 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.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1405383216
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 691
Book Description
This expanded and completely revised fifth edition is a unique ebook, spanning a thousand years of music from Gregorian chant via Bach and Beethoven to current leading lights such as Thomas Adès and Kaija Saariaho. 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 to Classical Music in a new ebook (PDF) fromat 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.
The Rough Guide to Classical Music
Author: Joe Staines
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Cover subtitle: The A-Z of composers, key works and top recordings.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Cover subtitle: The A-Z of composers, key works and top recordings.
Classical Music
Author: Joe Staines
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781858282572
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
"Billboard Magazine" called this guide "a welcome beacon for those adrift among the aisles of classical CDs". Now updated to include 500 additional CD reviews. 200 photos.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781858282572
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
"Billboard Magazine" called this guide "a welcome beacon for those adrift among the aisles of classical CDs". Now updated to include 500 additional CD reviews. 200 photos.
Classical Music
Author: Joe Staines
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
All Music Guide to Classical Music
Author: Chris Woodstra
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879308650
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1620
Book Description
Offering comprehensive coverage of classical music, this guide surveys more than eleven thousand albums and presents biographies of five hundred composers and eight hundred performers, as well as twenty-three essays on forms, eras, and genres of classical music. Original.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879308650
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1620
Book Description
Offering comprehensive coverage of classical music, this guide surveys more than eleven thousand albums and presents biographies of five hundred composers and eight hundred performers, as well as twenty-three essays on forms, eras, and genres of classical music. Original.
Country Music
Author: Kurt Wolff
Publisher: Rough Guides
ISBN: 9781858285344
Category : Country music
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Includes essays tracing Country's growth from hand-me-down folk to a major American industry; concise biographies; critical album reviews, from the earliest commercial recordings of the 1920s through the mulitplatinum artists of today; and vintage album jackets and previously unpublished photographs.
Publisher: Rough Guides
ISBN: 9781858285344
Category : Country music
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Includes essays tracing Country's growth from hand-me-down folk to a major American industry; concise biographies; critical album reviews, from the earliest commercial recordings of the 1920s through the mulitplatinum artists of today; and vintage album jackets and previously unpublished photographs.
The Rough Guide to Classical Music
Author: Rough Guides (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781843532477
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Rough Guide to Classical Musicis the ideal handbook on the subject, spanning a thousand years of music from Gregorian chant via Bach and Beethoven to contemporaries such as Thomas Ades and Kaija Saariaho. Both a CD buyer's guide and a who's who, it features- Concise biographical profiles of more than 200 composers, explaining their social and musical contexts. Informative summaries of the major compositions in all genres, from chamber works to operatic epics. Incisive reviews of hundreds of CDs, selecting the very best of the latest recordings and the pick of the reissues, plus the lowdown on downloading. Engaging feature boxes on such topics as notation, conducting, the concerto and film music. More than 150 pictures of composers and performers, including some rare archive photos.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781843532477
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Rough Guide to Classical Musicis the ideal handbook on the subject, spanning a thousand years of music from Gregorian chant via Bach and Beethoven to contemporaries such as Thomas Ades and Kaija Saariaho. Both a CD buyer's guide and a who's who, it features- Concise biographical profiles of more than 200 composers, explaining their social and musical contexts. Informative summaries of the major compositions in all genres, from chamber works to operatic epics. Incisive reviews of hundreds of CDs, selecting the very best of the latest recordings and the pick of the reissues, plus the lowdown on downloading. Engaging feature boxes on such topics as notation, conducting, the concerto and film music. More than 150 pictures of composers and performers, including some rare archive photos.
The Rough Guide to Classical Music
Author: Rough Guides
Publisher: Rough Guides UK
ISBN: 1848366779
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 691
Book Description
The Rough Guide to Classical Music is the ideal handbook, spanning a thousand years of music from Gregorian chant via Bach and Beethoven to contemporaries such as Thomas Adès and Kaija Saariaho. Both a CD buyer's guide and a who's who, the guide includes concise biographical profiles of more than 200 composers and informative summaries of the major compositions in all genres, from chamber works to operatic epics. For novices and experts alike, the fully updated fifth edition features contemporary composer Helmut Lachenmann and Widor, the 19th century organ composer of 'Toccata' wedding fame, as well as dozens more works added for existing composers. You'll find an new 'Top 10's' section with accessible introductory listings including the Top 10 operas and the Top 10 symphonies plus new essay boxes on topics such as "Baroque - a style or a period?" and "The clarinet comes of age". The Rough Guide to Classical Music features fresh and incisive reviews of hundreds of CDs, selecting the very best of the latest recordings and reissues as well as more than 150 illustrations of composers and performers, including a rare archive of photos.
Publisher: Rough Guides UK
ISBN: 1848366779
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 691
Book Description
The Rough Guide to Classical Music is the ideal handbook, spanning a thousand years of music from Gregorian chant via Bach and Beethoven to contemporaries such as Thomas Adès and Kaija Saariaho. Both a CD buyer's guide and a who's who, the guide includes concise biographical profiles of more than 200 composers and informative summaries of the major compositions in all genres, from chamber works to operatic epics. For novices and experts alike, the fully updated fifth edition features contemporary composer Helmut Lachenmann and Widor, the 19th century organ composer of 'Toccata' wedding fame, as well as dozens more works added for existing composers. You'll find an new 'Top 10's' section with accessible introductory listings including the Top 10 operas and the Top 10 symphonies plus new essay boxes on topics such as "Baroque - a style or a period?" and "The clarinet comes of age". The Rough Guide to Classical Music features fresh and incisive reviews of hundreds of CDs, selecting the very best of the latest recordings and reissues as well as more than 150 illustrations of composers and performers, including a rare archive of photos.
Rough Ideas
Author: Stephen Hough
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374721408
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
A collection of essays on music and life by the famed classical pianist and composer Stephen Hough is one of the world’s leading pianists, winning global acclaim and numerous awards, both for his concerts and his recordings. He is also a writer, composer, and painter, and has been described by The Economist as one of “Twenty Living Polymaths.” Hough writes informally and engagingly about music and the life of a musician, from the broader aspects of what it is to walk out onto a stage or to make a recording, to specialist tips from deep inside the practice room: how to trill, how to pedal, how to practice. He also writes vividly about people he’s known, places he’s traveled to, books he’s read, paintings he’s seen; and he touches on more controversial subjects, such as assisted suicide and abortion. Even religion is there—the possibility of the existence of God, problems with some biblical texts, and the challenges involved in being a gay Catholic. Rough Ideas is an illuminating, constantly surprising introduction to the life and mind of one of our great cultural figures.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374721408
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
A collection of essays on music and life by the famed classical pianist and composer Stephen Hough is one of the world’s leading pianists, winning global acclaim and numerous awards, both for his concerts and his recordings. He is also a writer, composer, and painter, and has been described by The Economist as one of “Twenty Living Polymaths.” Hough writes informally and engagingly about music and the life of a musician, from the broader aspects of what it is to walk out onto a stage or to make a recording, to specialist tips from deep inside the practice room: how to trill, how to pedal, how to practice. He also writes vividly about people he’s known, places he’s traveled to, books he’s read, paintings he’s seen; and he touches on more controversial subjects, such as assisted suicide and abortion. Even religion is there—the possibility of the existence of God, problems with some biblical texts, and the challenges involved in being a gay Catholic. Rough Ideas is an illuminating, constantly surprising introduction to the life and mind of one of our great cultural figures.