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Composers : their lives and works. Cover Image Book Book

Composers : their lives and works.

DK Publishing, Inc. (Added Author).

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"A compelling celebration of more than 90 of the world's most influential composers from the medieval period to the present day, Composers reveals the fascinating stories of their lives, loves, and works. Biographical entries - introduced with a stunning portrait of each featured composer - trace the friendships, loves, and rivalries that inspired each musical genius. Profiles offer revealing insights into what drove each individual to create the musical masterpieces - symphonies, concertos, and operatic scores - that changed the direction of classical music and are still celebrated and treasured today." --Amazon.com.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781465491367
  • ISBN: 1465491368
  • ISBN: 9780241407776
  • ISBN: 024140777X
  • Physical Description: 320 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
  • Edition: First American edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2020.

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General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Before 1600 -- 17th & 18th centuries -- Early 19th century -- Late 19th century -- Early 20th century -- Late 20th & 21st centuries.

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  • 3 of 3 copies available at Kenton County.

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Covington Branch 780.922 C737 2020 (Text) 33126024455937 Display Display -
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  • Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2020 September

    In this volume spanning from the 10th century to the present, DK editors profile more than 90 creators of masterworks from the Western classical music canon, such as Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741), Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797–1828), and French composer Georges Bizet (1838–1875). Each page is filled with beautiful images—a combination of paintings, photographs, scores, clippings, and other artifacts. The entries, tied to relevant cultural events at the time, provide well-established information (date and place of birth, career highlights, mention of prominent works) yet are scant on facts about the composers' personal lives. In places, unfortunate details about a few of the composers' lives (Carlo Gesualdo murdered his wife, Richard Wagner's anti-Semitism) are glossed over. The use of enlarged quotes, a simple time line of key works, a glossary of basic terms, and pop-out boxes of related content, make this ideal as a coffee-table book for casual browsing. VERDICT There's little new here; readers will find the same information covered in similar texts. Still, for nonmusically trained readers, this is an aesthetically pleasing introduction to Western classical music.—Elizabeth Berndt-Morris, Loeb Music Lib., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA

    Copyright 2020 Library Journal.
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