Classical music for dummies®
By: by David Pogue and Scott Speck
Contributors: Speck, Scott, author
Edition: Second edition.
Series: For dummies; --For dummies
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9781119049753; 9781119049746; 9781119049722
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Music appreciation; Composers; History and criticism; Music
Description: Learn to distinguish the different styles of classical music; explore composers, instruments, orchestras, concerts, recordings, and more; build a fabulous classical music library.
Notes: "Listen to audio tracks online"--Cover.

Musical examples provided online via links to recordings on the publisher's web site.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Getting started with classical music. Prying open the classical music oyster ; The entire history of music in 80 pages ; Knowing how to spot a sonata; title: Listen up! Dave 'n' Scott's E-Z concert survival guide ; For your listening pleasure ; Intermission : taking a backstage tour; title: A field guide to the orchestra. Keyboards & co. ; Strings attached ; Gone with the woodwinds ; The top (and bottom) brass ; Percussion's greatest hits; title: Peeking into the composer's brain. The dreaded music theory chapter ; Once more, with feeling : tempo, dynamics, and orchestration; title: The part of tens. The ten most common misconceptions about classical music ; The ten best musical terms for cocktail parties ; Ten great classical music jokes ; Ten ways to get more music in your life; title: Appendix A. Starting a classical music collection; title: Appendix B. Classical music timeline; title: Appendix C. Glossary.