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The Classical music book / contributors, Steve Collison [13 others].

Series: Publisher: London : Dorling Kindersley, 2018Description: 352 pages : color illustrations, portraits (chiefly color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780241301975
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • MT 90 .C569 2018
Contents:
Early music, 1000-1400 -- Renaissance, 1400-1600 -- Baroque, 1600-1750 -- Classical, 1750-1820 -- Romantic, 1810-1920 -- Nationalism, 1830-1920 -- Modern, 1900-1950 -- Contemporary.
Summary: This original, graphic-led book explores and explains the key ideas underpinning the world's greatest classical compositions and musical traditions, defines their importance to the musical canon, and places them into their wider social, cultural, and historical context. The nineteenth title in DK's bestselling Big Ideas series, The Classical Music Book combines accessible, authoritative text with bold explanatory graphics to make the subject of classical music approachable to readers with an interest in the subject who want to learn more while still offering enough to appeal to music aficionados.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Reference Reference DLSU-D HS Learning Resource Center Reference Reference MT 90 .C569 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not for loan 3SHS2019000698

Includes index.

Early music, 1000-1400 --
Renaissance, 1400-1600 --
Baroque, 1600-1750 --
Classical, 1750-1820 --
Romantic, 1810-1920 --
Nationalism, 1830-1920 --
Modern, 1900-1950 --
Contemporary.

This original, graphic-led book explores and explains the key ideas underpinning the world's greatest classical compositions and musical traditions, defines their importance to the musical canon, and places them into their wider social, cultural, and historical context. The nineteenth title in DK's bestselling Big Ideas series, The Classical Music Book combines accessible, authoritative text with bold explanatory graphics to make the subject of classical music approachable to readers with an interest in the subject who want to learn more while still offering enough to appeal to music aficionados.

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