{"product_id":"the-vintage-guide-to-classical-music-an-indispensable-guide-for-understanding-and-enjoying-classical-music-9780679728054","title":"The Vintage Guide to Classical Music: An Indispensable Guide for Understanding and Enjoying Classical Music","description":"The most readable and comprehensive guide to enjoying over five hundred years of classical music -- from Gregorian chants, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and beyond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Vintage Guide to Classical Music is a lively -- and opinionated -- musical history and an insider's key to the personalities, epochs, and genres of the Western classical tradition. Among its features: \u003cbr\u003e-- chronologically arranged essays on nearly 100 composers, from Guillaume de Machaut (ca. 1300-1377) to Aaron Copland (1900-1990), that combine biography with detailed analyses of the major works while assessing their role in the social, cultural, and political climate of their times;\u003cbr\u003e-- informative sidebars that clarify broader topics such as melody, polyphony, atonality, and the impact of the early-music movement;\u003cbr\u003e-- a glossary of musical terms, from a cappella to woodwinds;\u003cbr\u003e-- a step-by-step guide to building a great classical music library. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with wit and a clarity that both musical experts and beginners can appreciate, The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is an invaluable source-book for music lovers everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan Swafford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.05h x 5.22w x 1.24d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679728054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/1993 pg. 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComposer and writer Jan Swafford received degrees from Harvard and the Yale School of Music; his work has been played throughout the United States and abroad. Among his awards are an NEA Composers Grant, a Tanglewood Fellowship and a Mellon Faculty Fellowship at Harvard.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Jan Swafford \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47699070615709,"sku":"9780679728054","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_d34c834f-a136-4245-8430-a5c0c95cf1f2.jpg?v=1772697532","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-vintage-guide-to-classical-music-an-indispensable-guide-for-understanding-and-enjoying-classical-music-9780679728054","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}