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Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
In clear and entertaining prose, Plotkin explores a thousand years of music, introduces listeners to the great works, and profiles in depth many significant composers. Classical Music 101 is a highly accessible guide to discovering the glories of classical music.
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
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 DK's bestselling Big Ideas series, The Classical Music Book combines accessible, authoritative text with bold explanatory graphics to make the subject of classical...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A delightful journey through the psychology and science of music, “Why You Love Music” is the perfect book for anyone who loves a tune.
Music plays a hugely important role in our emotional, intellectual, and even physical lives. It impacts the ways we work, relax, behave, and feel. It can make us smile or cry, it helps us bond with the people around us, and it even has the power to alleviate a range of medical conditions. The songs you love (and...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
What does it mean to listen in the digital era? Today, new technologies make it possible to roam instantly and experimentally across musical languages and generations, from Detroit techno to jam bands to baroque opera--or to dive deeper into the set of tastes that we already have. Either way, we can listen to nearly anything, at any time. The possibilities in this new age of listening overturn old assumptions about what it means to properly appreciate...
15) Classical music: an introduction to classical music through the great composers & their masterworks
Author
Publisher
Reader's Digest Association
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A legendary record producer-turned-brain scientist explains why you fall in love with music. This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the science and soul of music that reveals the secrets of why your favorite songs move you. But it's also a story of a musical trailblazer who began as a humble audio tech in Los Angeles to became Prince's chief engineer for Purple Rain, and then create other No. 1 hits (including Barenaked Ladies' "One Week")...
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
1966
Language
English
Description
With style, wit, and expertise, Leonard Bernstein shares his love and appreciation for music in all its varied forms in The Infinite Variety of Music, illuminating the deep pleasure and sometimes subtle beauty it offers. He begins with an "imaginary conversation" with George Washington entitled "The Muzak Muse" in which he argues the values of actively listening to music by learning how to read notes, as opposed to simply hearing music in a concert...
Author
Publisher
Short Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Nearly all of us have the capacity to enjoy classical music but too often we are put off by not knowing where to look, or what we are actually looking for. We feel the need of a guide to help navigate such vast and varied artistic terrain. With this delightful book, historian Tim Bouverie provides just this. Drawing on his lifelong passion for music, he has created a compilation of 100 classical masterpieces sure to move and be enjoyed by almost anyone....
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