The Classical Music Experience: Discover the Music of the World's Greatest Composers, Volume 1Sourcebooks, Inc., 2003 - 318 pages Read, listen, learn, enjoy! The Classical Musical Experience is aimed directly at all those who want to appreciate classical music, but don't know where to begin. Self-taught classical music scholar, Julius Jacobson, take readers on a 450-year journey of discovery which, when read in tandem with listening to excerpts of works from key composers - and the accompanying spoken guide (narrated by Kevin Kline) on what to listen for - provides a unique foundation in this most beautiful of musical arts. |
Contents
Bach Johann Sebastian 16851750 9 | 9 |
Handel George Frideric 16851759 19 | 19 |
Haydn Joseph 17321809 27 110 | 27 |
Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus 17561791 35 113 | 35 |
Beethoven Ludwig van 17701827 45 117 | 45 |
for Violin and Orchestra Op | 58 |
Berlioz Hector 18031869 | 71 |
MendelssohnBartholdy Felix 18091847 | 77 |
RimskyKorsakov Nikolai 18441908 179 | 179 |
Recommended ListeningDas Lied von der Erde | 194 |
Strauss Richard 18641949 205 219 | 205 |
Sibelius Jean 18651957 211 221 | 211 |
Vaughan Williams Ralph 18721958 217 224 | 217 |
Schoenberg Arnold 18741951 223 226 | 223 |
Ives Charles 18741954 231 229 | 231 |
Ravel Maurice 18751937 237 231 | 237 |
Recommended ListeningViolin Concerto | 83 |
Schumann Robert 18101856 | 93 |
Strauss Jr Johann 18251899 | 101 |
Wagner Richard 18131883 | 109 |
Smetana Bedřich 18241884 | 119 |
Bruckner Anton 18241896 125 142 | 125 |
Brahms Johannes 18331897 131 144 | 135 |
Bruch Max 18381920 145 150 | 145 |
Tchaikovsky Piotr Ilyich 18401893 155 | 155 |
Dvořák Antonín 18411904 167 | 167 |
Grieg Edvard 18431907 173 | 173 |
Orff Carl 18951982 245 233 | 245 |
Stravinsky Igor 18821971 255 237 | 255 |
Prokofiev Sergei 18911953 263 239 | 263 |
Gershwin George 18981937 271 242 | 271 |
Poulenc Francis 18991963 277 244 | 277 |
Copland Aaron 19001990 285 247 | 285 |
Shostakovich Dimitri 19061975 291 249 | 296 |
Afterword | 305 |
About the Author | 311 |
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