The NPR curious listener's guide to classical music 9780399527951, 0399527958

The Complete Classical Music Guide 0756692563, 9780756692568

Packed with photographs, composer biographies, analyses of major works, and essential information on every musical genre

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The Complete Classical Music Guide 9780744033472

What makes Mozart's music so great? Why does a minor chord sound sad and a major chord sound happy? What's the

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The Classical Music Lover's Companion to Orchestral Music 9780300242720

An invaluable guide for lovers of classical music designed to enhance their enjoyment of the core orchestral repertoire

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Listeners' Guide to Medieval English : A Discography 9781317420835, 9781138918689

From the middle of the twentieth century, dozens of medievalists and other performers have recorded early English. Many

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Deep Listeners: Music, Emotion, and Trancing 0253343933, 0253216729, 2003021168

"A fascinating thesis and a timely synthesis. . . . Becker urges the reader to view certain arcane cultural rituals

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Who Can Afford to Improvise?: James Baldwin and Black Music, the Lyric and the Listeners 9780823268504

Based on unprecedented access to private correspondence, unpublished manuscripts and attuned to a musically inclined poe

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Deep Listeners: Music, Emotion, and Trancing 0253216729, 9780253216724

"A fascinating thesis and a timely synthesis.... Becker urges the reader to view certain arcane cultural rituals as

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Deep listeners: music, emotion, and trancing 9780253216724, 9780253343932

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Classical Music: Expect the Unexpected 9780773557536

A passionate appeal from an acclaimed artist for the relevance of classical music in today's torn world. A passio

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The Classical Music Industry 9781138203693, 9781315471099

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