| Description |
1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color). |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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"Based on content previously published in Eyewitness companions : Classical music"--T.p. verso. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introducing classical music. The elements of classical music ; Classical music instruments ; Classical music in performance -- The history of classical music. Early music (1000-1600) ; The Baroque era (1600-1750) ; The Classical era (1750-1820) ; The Romantic era (1810-1920) ; Romantic opera (1810-1920) ; National schools (1830-1950) ; Modern music (1900-present). |
| Summary |
Explains the elements and terminology of classical music in clear and simple terms. Discusses the music and instruments of each period, from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras, to developments in modern music since 1900. |
| Subject |
Music appreciation.
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| Added Author |
Burrows, John, 1939- editor.
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Wiffen, Charles, editor.
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Ainsley, Robert, contributor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Original 9780756692568 (DLC) 2012562384 |
| ISBN |
9781465401342 (electronic book) |
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9780756692568 (hbk.) |
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0756692563 (hbk.) |
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