Classical Music: The Rough GuideJoe Staines, Jonathan Buckley The Rough Guide to Classical Music is a unique handbook, spanning eight centuries of music from medieval Masses to works by contemporaries such as Judith Weir and Michael Torke. Both a buyer's guide and a who's who, it features concise biographical sketches of some 160 composers, explaining their social and musical contexts; more than 150 illustrations, including some rarely seen archive photos; revealing summaries of the major compositions in all genres, from solo flute pieces to operas with casts of hundreds; and incisive reviews of hundreds of CDs, selecting both the best of the latest recordings and the pick of the classic reissues. |
Contents
Tomaso Albinoni | 130 |
Ludwig van Beethoven | 151 |
MarieJoseph Canteloube | 202 |
Elizabeth Maconchy | 234 |
Giacomo Meyerbeer | 260 |
Hans Pfitzner | 304 |
Joaquín Rodrigo | 484 |
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