The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Published: April 10, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 928
ISBN-13: 9780761136422
Subjects: Music Appreciation; Music/Songbooks; Music; Encyclopedias; Genres & Styles - Classical; Music / Classical; Reference
First sentence: 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.