$39.45
- Paperback
768 pages
- Release Date
7 December 1998
Summary
In the new edition of this highly successful book, Harold Schonberg traces the consecutive line of composers from Monteverdi to the tonalists of the 1990s through a series of fascinating biographical chapters. Music is a continually evolving art, and there have been no geniuses, however great, who have not been influenced by their predecessors. The great composers are here presented as human beings who lived and related to the real world. All of the important figures - Bach, Handel, Mozart, B…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349109725 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349109729 |
| Author: | Harold C. Schonberg |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 768 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 7 December 1998 |
| Weight: | 522g |
| Dimensions: | 132mm x 201mm x 50mm |
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Peerless … the first book any young music lover should read
Extremely readable… well founded in scholarship and well written - TLS
Panoramic, wittily detailed… equally pleasing to read from end to end, to dip casually, or to consult - NEW YORK TIMESPacked with fruity anecdotes - OBSERVERPeerless … the first book any young music lover should read - GUARDIANAbout The Author
Harold C. Schonberg
Harold C. Schonberg was born and raised in New York City. He served on the staff of the NEW YORK TIMES for nearly thirty years and was senior music critic from 1960 until 1980. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1971, the first in the field of music to receive this honour.
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