The New Guide to Classical Music
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The New Guide to Classical Music by Jan Swafford
Features chronologically arranged essays on composers that combine biography with analyses of the major works, explanations of such terms as polyphony and atonality, a glossary of musical terms and an appendix to help build a classical musical history.
Swafford, Jan: - Jan Swafford is an award-winning composer whose music has been played around the US and abroad by ensembles including the symphony orchestras of St. Louis, Vermont, and Harrisburg, and by the Dutch Radio Orchestra. He is the author of Johannes Brahms: A Biography, which was a New York Times Notable Book, and Charles Ives: A Life with Music, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and winner of the PEN/Winship Award. He is also the author of The Vintage Guide to Classical Music. His writing and commentary on music has been featured on NPR and in Slate, the Guardian, Gramophone, and elsewhere. Swafford teaches music history, theory, and composition at the Boston Conservatory.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780333592137 |
| ISBN 10 | 0333592131 |
| Title | The New Guide to Classical Music |
| Author | Jan Swafford |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 1993-02-12 |
| Number of pages | 624 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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