product id: 2962
Arrangement: all instruments
Product type: Reference
Media: Book
Pages: 80
Author: L. Dean Bye
Language: English
Expected shipping time: 48 hours
Price: 5.95 euro The third book in the Student's Series is unique because it provides concise, easily understood information normally found only in large, expensive volumes. This handy-sized text includes background material on the major periods of music history, as well as interesting facts on well-known composers from each period. Excellent drawings of most composers are also included. Works well for both individual and classroom use.
Contents:
The Pre-Renaissance Period
The Renaissance Period
Giovanni-Pierluigi da Palestrina
The Baroque Period
Some General Characteristics of Baroque Music
Johann Sebastian Bach
George Frederick Handel
The Classical Period
Some General Characteristics of Classical Music
Franz Josef Haydn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Romantic Period
Some General Characteristics of Romantic Music
Franz Schubert
Felix Mendelssohn
Frederic Chopin
Franz Liszt
Johannes Brahms
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Anton Dvorak
The Impressionist Period
Claude Debussy
The Contemporary Period
Some General Characteristics of Contemporary Music
George Gershwin
Aaron Copland
Dmitri Shostakovich
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