Composers, DK
Composers, DK
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Composers
Their Lives and Works

Author: DK

Narrator: Richard Trinder

Unabridged: 13 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: DK

Published: 09/15/2020


Synopsis

Introduced with more than 90 biographical entries that trace the friendships, loves, and rivalries that inspired each musical genius and their work.

Profiles offer revealing insights into what drove each individual to create the musical masterpieces - symphonies, concertos and operatic scores - that changed the direction of classical music and are still celebrated as masterpieces today.

The audiobook introduces the key influences, themes, and working methods of each individual, setting their works within a wider historical and cultural context.

Charting the development of classical music and music movements across the centuries, Composers provides a compelling glimpse into the personal lives, loves, and influences of the giants of the classical music canon.

© 2020 Dorling Kindersley Ltd © 2020 DK Audio

About The Author

We believe in the power of discovery. That's why we create books for everyone that explore ideas and nurture curiosity about the world we live in. From first words to the Big Bang, from the wonders of nature to city adventures, you will find expert knowledge, hours of fun and endless inspiration in the pages of our books. https://www.dk.com/


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brooke

DK's beautiful anthology of composers (in the Western classical music tradition) starts in the Middle Ages and ends in the early 21st century. I was pleased to see Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann given their own profiles instead of being mentioned only in connection with their male relatives, a......more

Goodreads review by Susan

Not terribly deep, of course, because it's basically a coffee table book, but it's a lovely one, and there is plenty of good information.......more

Goodreads review by Emily

Осталось пробежать каких-то 9 именитостей, среди каковых о двух наслышана: Gorecki & Reich (Райхов как-то много в истории искусств и наук, Папа Римский не даст мне соврать) - а уже спешу признаться, что ни за что бы не истратила предполагаемых, например, "Книжковим арсеналом" до президентського візи......more

If you are a classical-music nerd like myself, the resource/coffee-table book "Composers: Their Lives and Works" will be just the book for you. It's beautifully designed & organized, thoroughly researched, and chock-full of facts. If there are faults in this book, they are of omission, not commissio......more