The essential canon of classical music
By: David Dubal ; with illustrations by the author
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: North Point Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 770
ISBN-13: 9780865476080; 9780865476646
Subjects: Music appreciation; Musik; Appréciation; Musique; Geschichte
Description: Provides facts about composers important to the history of classical music, including profiles of Guillaume Dufay, Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Joseph Haydn, Georges Bizet, and Dmitri Shostakovich.
Notes: Includes bibliographical (p. [709]-751), and discographical references, and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1.; title: The Medieval, Renaissance, and Elizabethan ages -- -- pt. 2.; title: The age of the Baroque --; title: Other Baroque composers -- -- pt. 3.; title: The age of Classicism --; title: Other Classical composers -- -- pt. 4.; title: The Romantic age --; title: Other Romantic composers -- -- pt. 5.; title: The age of Modernism --; title: Other Modern composers.