High Notes and Low by Ray W Moore

High Notes and Low by Ray W Moore

Everyone loves to laugh, to wonder, and to be amazed. High Notes and Low presents interesting and unusual anecdotal information about classical music and musicians in a down-to-earth, easily readable form. Free of technical jargon, the book is appealing not only to the musician but to the general reader as well, and offers information that all can enjoy. The book is divided into six sections that provide general categories of anecdotes - Composers, Performers, Critics, Conductors, Compositions, and This and That - and encompasses information from all periods of music history. Whether it's camels onstage during the performance of an opera, a conductor's faux pas with a queen, an enraged wife burning her husband's only copy of a symphony, or a look into the many complexities of the Metropolitan Opera building at Lincoln Center, readers will find a vast assortment of fascinating, unexpected, and often unusual facts to keep them enthralled. No other book on the market provides such a wide, enthusiastic, and all-encompassing look into the facts and foibles of classical music. Originally designed for broadcast on KLRE-FM, Arkansas' premier classical music station, High Notes and Low proves that the world of the classical musician is indeed a wonderful, and sometimes zany, place to visit

Ray W. Moore (Little Rock, AR) taught music at the university level for 39 years and is now Professor Emeritus at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. Dr. Moore has also taught, as director of choral activities, at Columbia University, the University of Houston, and Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. Choirs directed by Dr. Moore have performed at Carnegie Hall in New York, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, and Westminster Abbey in London.

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ISBN 13	9781574672404
ISBN 10	1574672401
Title	High Notes and Low
Author	Ray W Moore
Series	Amadeus
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hal Leonard Corporation
Year published	2012-08-01
Number of pages	128
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.