{"product_id":"the-vintage-guide-to-classical-music-an-indispensable-guide-for-understanding-and-enjoying-classical-music-paperback","title":"The Vintage Guide to Classical Music: An Indispensable Guide for Understanding and Enjoying Classical Music - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJan Swafford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most readable and comprehensive guide to enjoying over five hundred years of classical music -- from Gregorian chants, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and beyond. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Vintage Guide to Classical Music is a lively -- and opinionated -- musical history and an insider's key to the personalities, epochs, and genres of the Western classical tradition. Among its features: \u003cbr\u003e-- chronologically arranged essays on nearly 100 composers, from Guillaume de Machaut (ca. 1300-1377) to Aaron Copland (1900-1990), that combine biography with detailed analyses of the major works while assessing their role in the social, cultural, and political climate of their times;\u003cbr\u003e-- informative sidebars that clarify broader topics such as melody, polyphony, atonality, and the impact of the early-music movement;\u003cbr\u003e-- a glossary of musical terms, from a cappella to woodwinds;\u003cbr\u003e-- a step-by-step guide to building a great classical music library. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with wit and a clarity that both musical experts and beginners can appreciate, The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is an invaluable source-book for music lovers everywhere.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most readable and comprehensive guide to enjoying over five hundred years of classical music -- from Gregorian chants, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and beyond. \u003cbr\u003eThe Vintage Guide to Classical Music is a lively -- and opinionated -- musical history and an insider's key to the personalities, epochs, and genres of the Western classical tradition. Among its features: \u003cbr\u003e-- chronologically arranged essays on nearly 100 composers, from Guillaume de Machaut (ca. 1300-1377) to Aaron Copland (1900-1990), that combine biography with detailed analyses of the major works while assessing their role in the social, cultural, and political climate of their times; \u003cbr\u003e-- informative sidebars that clarify broader topics such as melody, polyphony, atonality, and the impact of the early-music movement; \u003cbr\u003e-- a glossary of musical terms, from a cappella to woodwinds; \u003cbr\u003e-- a step-by-step guide to building a great classical music library. \u003cbr\u003eWritten with wit and a clarity that both musical experts and beginners can appreciate, The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is an invaluable source-book for music lovers everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eComposer and writer Jan Swafford received degrees from Harvard and the Yale School of Music; his work has been played throughout the United States and abroad. Among his awards are an NEA Composers Grant, a Tanglewood Fellowship and a Mellon Faculty Fellowship at Harvard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 624\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.24 x 8.05 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756905496864,"sku":"9780679728054","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7c695da01f4dda9770846b4ad12de1a2.webp?v=1780088908","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-vintage-guide-to-classical-music-an-indispensable-guide-for-understanding-and-enjoying-classical-music-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}