Vintage Guide to Classical Music, The

This book is an insider’s key to the personalities, epochs, and genres of the Western classical tradition. Among its features:
— chronologically arranged essays on nearly 100 composers, from Guillaume de Machaut (ca. 1300-1377) to Aaron Copland (1900-1990), that combine biography with detailed analyses of the major works while assessing their role in the social, cultural, and political climate of their times;
— informative sidebars that clarify broader topics such as melody, polyphony, atonality, and the impact of the early-music movement;
— a glossary of musical terms, from a cappella to woodwinds;
— a step-by-step guide to building a great classical music library.

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