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What makes Mozart's music so great? Why does a minor chord sound sad and a major chord sound happy? What's the difference between ...
Chopin's Piano begins in November 1838, when George Sand, her children and Frederick Chopin took a boat to Majorca for the winter. It describes ...
A visually stunning introduction to classical music for first-time listeners and long-time fans, from piano maestro and bestselling author James Rhodes.
Bach. Mozart. Beethoven. Old ...
Beethoven imbibed Enlightenment and revolutionary ideas in Bonn where they were fervently discussed in cafes and at the university. At the age of twenty-one, he ...
An invaluable guide for lovers of classical music designed to enhance their enjoyment of the core orchestral repertoire from 1700 to 1950
Robert Philip, scholar ...
Sunday Times Classical Music Book of the Year 2018
Based on ten years of research and a vast cache of primary sources located in archives ...
'How refreshing, to read a book about music written for a music lover and not a musicologist. In clear, lucid, entertaining prose, Jane Glover makes ...
From Mozart to Mendelssohn, this comprehensive guide to classical music history and classical music biography is the perfect latest addition to the bestselling Big Ideas ...
When he began to listen to the great works of classical music as a child, Anthony Tommasini had many questions. Why did a particular piece ...
Evgeny Kissin's musicality, the depth and poetic quality of his interpretations, and his extraordinary virtuosity have earned him the veneration and admiration deserved only ...
No artist's achievement connects more directly with early experience than that of Berlioz. David Cairns draws on a wealth of family papers to recreate ...
Berlioz was one of the towering figures of Romanticism- not only was he a great and revolutionary composer, but also the finest composer of his ...
Claude Debussy was that rare creature, a composer who reinvented the language of music without alienating the majority of music lovers. He is the modernist ...
How does classical music intersect legitimately with other musical genres? Where are the dividing lines, and what is it that defines collaborations between orchestras and ...
The story behind the scandalous first performance of one of the most influential works in the history of music.
On 29 May 1913, at the ...
