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Classical music : an introduction / Michael Swift.

Contributor(s): Series: Latin American History and CulturePublisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2020Edition: [Enhanced Credo edition]Description: 1 online resource (58 entries) : 193 images ; digital filesContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781787856097
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 781.68 23
LOC classification:
  • ML200 .C528 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Timeline -- 1. Early and renaissance music: Tallis; Other early and renaissance composers -- 2. Baroque music: Corelli; Purcell; Vivaldi; Handel; Bach; Other baroque composers -- 3. The classical period: Haydn; Mozart; Beethoven; Other classical composers -- 4. The romantic era: Mendelssohn; Brahms; Tchaikovsky; Wagner; Mahler; Puccini; Rachmaninov; Verdi; Other Romantic composers -- 5. Modern music: Elgar; Britten; Pärt; Other modern composers -- 6. The orchestra: The key instruments; Cello; Clarinet; Drums; Flute; French horn; Keyboards; Oboe; Trumpet; Tuba; Violin -- 7. Great symphony orchestras: Berlin Philharmonic; Boston Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic -- 8. Major conductors: Sir Thomas Beecham; Bernard Haitink; Herbert Von Karajan; Sir Simon Rattle; Arturo Toscanini -- Credits.
Abstract: This resource provides the history of classical music from its medieval origins through to the modern era.
Holdings
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Ebook Ebook NMC Library Credo Reference Online ML200 .C528 2017 EBOOK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available online - NMC Login required 518400

Introduction -- Timeline -- 1. Early and renaissance music: Tallis; Other early and renaissance composers -- 2. Baroque music: Corelli; Purcell; Vivaldi; Handel; Bach; Other baroque composers -- 3. The classical period: Haydn; Mozart; Beethoven; Other classical composers -- 4. The romantic era: Mendelssohn; Brahms; Tchaikovsky; Wagner; Mahler; Puccini; Rachmaninov; Verdi; Other Romantic composers -- 5. Modern music: Elgar; Britten; Pärt; Other modern composers -- 6. The orchestra: The key instruments; Cello; Clarinet; Drums; Flute; French horn; Keyboards; Oboe; Trumpet; Tuba; Violin -- 7. Great symphony orchestras: Berlin Philharmonic; Boston Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic -- 8. Major conductors: Sir Thomas Beecham; Bernard Haitink; Herbert Von Karajan; Sir Simon Rattle; Arturo Toscanini -- Credits.

This resource provides the history of classical music from its medieval origins through to the modern era.

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