The Penguin Companion to Classical Music - Hardcover

Griffiths, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0141009241 ISBN 13: 9780141009247

Publisher: Penguin, 2004

Synopsis

This superbly authoratitive new work provides a comprehensive A-Z guide to some 1000 years of Western music. It explores in detail the lives and achievements of a vast range of composers, as well as looking at such key topics as music history (from medieval plainchant to contemporary minimalism), performers, theory and jargon. Throught Griffiths skilfully blends lightly worn scholarship with personal insight, whether examining the emotional colouring that different musical keys achieve or charting the rise and development of the symphony.

About this title

Review:

'An instant classic' -- Sir Simon Rattle

'Perfect for a music lover's bedside table' -- Mitsuko Uchida

'Superb' -- Michael Kennedy, The Sunday Telegraph, 3rd October 2004

Synopsis:

This superbly authoratitive new work provides a comprehensive A-Z guide to some 1000 years of Western music. It explores in detail the lives and achievements of a vast range of composers, as well as looking at such key topics as music history, performers, theory and jargon.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0141009241
• ISBN 13: 9780141009247
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 912