This book would be a good read for you if you have always been curious about classical music but don't know where to start. The Rough Guide To Classical Music provides an A-Z guide to composers, their key works, and top recordings, making it a comprehensive resource for both beginners and music enthusiasts. With this book, you can explore the rich history and diverse genres of classical music, expanding your knowledge and appreciation of this timeless art form.

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This expanded and completely revised fourth edition is a unique handbook, spanning a thousand years of music from Gregorian chant via Bach and Beethoven to current leading lights such as Thomas Adès and Kaija Saariaho.There are concise biographical profiles of more than 200 composers and informative summaries of the major compositions in all genres, from chamber works to operatic epics. Topics such as the influence of jazz, notation, conducting, the madrigal, and why Stradivarius made such great violins are covered fully in feature boxes. The Rough Guide has been praised for its mix of well-known composers with more obscure, but interesting, figures (like Antoine Brumel and Barbara Strozzi), and for the way it takes contemporary music seriously.

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