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An updated and expanded edition of this perennial favorite, tracing the line of composers from Monteverdi to the tonalists of the 1990s. In this new edition, Harold Schonberg offers music lovers a series of fascinating biographical chapters. Music, the author contends, is a continually... read more

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The earliest composer in the history of music to enjoy an international repertory status in our times is Claudio Monteverdi.

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  1. Harold C. Schonberg (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton
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Publication Date: 1970
ISBN: 0393021467
Page Count: 599

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