30-second classical music : the 50 most significant genres, composers and innovations, each explained in half a minute
2019
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Do you know a capella from zarzuela? 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. From plainsong to program music, appreciate the passion and the pathos of sounds that have the power to stir our emotions to joy or sadness.
Main title:
30-second classical music : the 50 most significant genres, composers and innovations, each explained in half a minute / editor, Joanne Cormac ; foreword, David Pickard ; contributors, Robert Adlington [and twelve others] ; illustrations, Nicky Ackland-Snow.
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Imprint:
London : Ivy Press, 2019.
Collation:
160 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2017.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781782409311 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2271430
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