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A complete education in classical music, written with verve and wit. No music lover can pick up this one-volume compendium without becoming a more knowledgeable, discerning listener. • The sonata form revealed, and why it's been deeply satisfying for three centuries. • What to listen for in... read more
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People edit
- Wagner: Add a description of this character.
- Beethoven
- Richard Strauss
- Karajan
- Monteverdi
- Leonard Bernstein
- Brahms
- Haydn
- Mozart
- Stravinsky
- Mendelssohn
- Liszt
- Solti
- Chopin
- Don Giovanni
- Aaron Copland
- Benjamin Britten
- Schubert
- Ludwig
- Schoenberg
- Mahler
- Jean Sibelius
- Boulez
- Bruckner
- Isolde
- Gardiner
- Szell
- Walton
- Rostropovich
- Previn
- Hindemith
- Gluck
- Webern
- Pavarotti
- Koussevitzky
- Charles Ives
- Schumann
- Arturo Toscanini
- Handel
- Van Dam
- Siviglia
- Dutoit
Setting & Locations edit
- D. Paris
- New York
- London
- Vienna
- Europe
- Berlioz
- Berlin Philharmonic
- Germany
- Italy
- America
- United States
- France
- Metropolitan Opera
- Rome
- England
- Tristan
- Bayreuth
- Munich
- Dresden
- Moscow
- Prague
- Venice
- Russia
- Leipzig
- Salzburg
- Gounod
- St. Petersburg
- Covent Garden
- Carnegie Hall
- Vivaldi
- Philadelphia
- Budapest
- Chicago
- Spain
- Massenet
- Josquin
- Meyerbeer
- Naples
- Smetana
- Paris Opéra
- Switzerland
- Milan
- San Francisco
- Austria
- Los Angeles
- Balakirev
- Romantic
- Lohengrin
First Sentence edit
ITALIAN CONDUCTOR. A veteran of the opera pit as well as the concert platform, he has brought to his work an extraordinary combination of grace and exuberance, of physical energy and intellectual refinement.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Theodore Libbey (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 780.3
Subjects edit
- Books › Entertainment › Music › Theory, Composition & Performance › Appreciation
- Books › Entertainment › Music › Musical Genres › Classical
- Books › Reference › Encyclopedias › Music
- Books › Entertainment › Music › Reference
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