The Classical Music Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained (DK Big Ideas) - Hardcover

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1465473424 ISBN 13: 9781465473424

Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), 2018

Synopsis

This original, graphic-led book explores and explains the key ideas underpinning the world's greatest classical compositions and musical traditions, defines their importance to the musical canon, and places them into their wider social, cultural, and historical context.

The nineteenth title in DK's bestselling Big Ideas series, The Classical Music Book combines accessible, authoritative text with bold explanatory graphics to make the subject of classical music approachable to readers with an interest in the subject who want to learn more while still offering enough to appeal to music aficionados.

From early devotional works to the great symphonies of the Classical and Romantic eras and the diverse and often challenging works of the modern era, The Classical Music Book looks at more than 90 key pieces of music and explores the salient themes and ideas behind each of them.

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DK was founded in London in 1974 and is now the world leading illustrated reference publisher and a member of the Penguin Random House division of Bertelsmann. DK publishes highly visual, photographic non-fiction for adults and children. DK produces content for consumers in over 100 countries and over 60 languages, with offices in the UK, India, US, Germany, China, Canada, Spain and Australia.

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Edition details

• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1465473424
• ISBN 13: 9781465473424
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English