The Classical Music Book contributors: Levon Chilingirian [and 11 others].

By:

Andrews john

Contributor(s):

Series: Big ideas simply explainedPublisher: New York, New York : DK, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First American editionDescription: 352 pages : color illustrations, portraits (chiefly color) ; 24 cmContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780241301975
1465473424

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Nonfiction.

DDC classification:

781.68 23

LOC classification:

MT90 .C58 2018

Contents:

Early music, 1000-1400 -- Renaissance, 1400-1600 -- Baroque, 1600-1750 -- Classical, 1750-1820 -- Romantic, 1810-1920 -- Nationalism, 1830-1920 -- Modern, 1900-1950 -- Contemporary.

Summary: 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 music approachable to readers with an interest in the subject who want to learn more while still offering enough to appeal to music aficionados.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	FBA Seminar Library, USTC Academic book shelf 15	781.68	1	Available		14421

Includes index.

Early music, 1000-1400 -- Renaissance, 1400-1600 -- Baroque, 1600-1750 -- Classical, 1750-1820 -- Romantic, 1810-1920 -- Nationalism, 1830-1920 -- Modern, 1900-1950 -- Contemporary.

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 music approachable to readers with an interest in the subject who want to learn more while still offering enough to appeal to music aficionados.

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