The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music

The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music
Ted Libbey (Author)
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A complete education in classical music, written with verve and wit. No music lover can pick up this one-volume compendium without becoming a more knowledgeable, discerning listener. • The sonata form revealed, and why it's been deeply satisfying for three centuries. • What to listen for in Brahms, a self-described Classicist who was one of music's great innovators. • Pizzicato, fioritura, parlando, glissando. • The transformative power of Toscanini–who earned more conducting the New York Philharmonic than his contemporary Babe Ruth made with the Yankees. • And throughout, more than 2,000 recommended recordings.

Log on and listen. Created with Naxos, the world's largest classical music label, the book includes a unique Web site featuring more than 500 examples cited in the text. Look up barcarolle. First read about its swaying 6/8 meter and Venetian origins; then log on to the music Web site and hear it performed in Act IV of Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann. If that whets your curiosity about Offenbach, click to hear the cancan in his La vie parisienne. All online samples are marked by an icon in the text.

• Rank: #52782 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.02" h x 2.09" w x 5.98" l, 2.54 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 928 pages

Description #1 by Target:

A definitive resource on classical music provides 1500 entries furnishing detailed coverage of composers, works, musical terminology, and performers, along with more than one thousand recommended recordings and access to an interactive Web site that allows readers to listen to sample works, techniques, and performers discussed in the reference. Simultaneous.

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format hardback title the npr listener s encyclopedia of classical music author ted libbey publisher workman pub co publication date apr 10 2006 pages 979 binding hardcover dimensions 6 50 wx 9 25 hx 2 00 d isbn 0761136428 subject music genres styles classical description a definitive resource on classical music provides 1 500 entries furnishing detailed coverage of composers works musical terminology and performers along with more than one thousand recommended recordings and access to an inte

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A complete Education in Classical music, written with verve and wit. No