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30-Second Classical Music

The 50 most significant genres, composers and innovations, each explained in half a minute. 30 Second

By (author) Dr. Joanne Cormac
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC, United Kingdom
Imprint: The Ivy Press
Published: 2nd Mar 2017
Dimensions: w 178mm h 237mm d 22mm
Weight: 615g
ISBN-10: 1782404252
ISBN-13: 9781782404255
Barcode No: 9781782404255
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Synopsis
Do you know a capella from zarzuela, or your major from your minor? Can you distinguish between a serenade and a symphony? If you only have 30 seconds, there is time - using this book - to understand the creative journey taken by classical music from the Middle Ages to the modern era. Our early ancestors understood pitch and rhythm, the basic tools that have been worked and ordered by composers and performers over the past 400 years into an extraordinary body of music written for soloists, chamber musicians and entire orchestras. Today, everyone has access to a prodigy of classical music which, far from being traditional or elitist, is alive and magical. From plainsong to programme music, appreciate the magnitude and majesty, the passion and the pathos of sounds that have the power to stir our emotions to great joy or infinite sadness. Here's music to your ears.

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