登入選單

返回Google圖書搜尋

The Anchor Guide to Orchestral Masterpieces

Melvin Berger

出版	Anchor Books, 1995
主題	Music / Genres & Styles / ClassicalMusic / Printed Music / Band & Orchestra
ISBN	03854720059780385472005
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=rqQ7AQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

Throughout the year, millions of music lovers across America attend orchestra concerts, or relax to the soothing and inspiring sounds of their favorite composers on classical radio or CD. The Anchor Guide to Orchestral Masterpieces offers those classical music lovers a comprehensive and accessible listener's guide to the great orchestral masterpieces. The book includes the finest works by a dazzling array of composers, from Benjamin Britten and Anton Bruckner to Richard Wagner and Carl Maria von Weber, from the nineteenth-century Romantics to the atonal musical explorers of the twentieth century. Arranged alphabetically by composer, each entry discusses the back end of the piece and the history of the composer, provides an analysis of the music, and describes the importance of its place in the repertoire. The author complements his keen observations with a glossary defining and explaining orchestral terms that may be unfamiliar to the general reader, and with an extensive discography of recommended composers, conductors, and orchestras. For those trying to decide which concert series to subscribe to, seeking advice on expanding a home classical music library, or for more experienced aficionados who want additional background on specific compositions, The Anchor Guide to Orchestral Masterpieces will prove itself indispensable. -- Publisher's description.