Classical Music: Third Ear
Subtitle: The Essential Listening Companion
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Published: July 10, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 1202
ISBN-13: 9780879306380
Subjects: Music; Music/Songbooks; History & Criticism - General; Reviews; Genres & Styles - Classical; Instruction & Study - Appreciation; Music / Reference; Music & Performing Arts; Discography; Sound recordings
First sentence: A friend of the young Mozart, a colleague of Johann Christian Bach in London, a virtuoso on the viola da gamba (for which he wrote a good deal of music), composer of more than 200 works including 46 symphonies,18 string quartets, and 16 concertos, Abel was in touch with the needs of his time.