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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821229603321

Autore

Brower Harriette <1869-1928.>

Titolo

The world's great men of music / / by Harriette Brower

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Luton, England, : Andrews U.K. Ltd., 2010

ISBN

1-283-41419-8

9786613414199

1-84989-219-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 v. (unpaged)

Disciplina

783;927.8

Soggetti

Musicians

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Publisher Information -- Foreword -- The World's Great Men of Music -- Palestrina -- John Sebastian Bach -- George Frederick Handel -- Christoph Willibald Gluck -- Josef Haydn -- Wolfgang Mozart -- Ludwig Van Beethoven -- Carl Maria Von Weber -- Franz Schubert -- Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy -- Robert Schumann -- Frederic Chopin -- Hector Berlioz -- Franz Liszt -- Giuseppe Verdi -- Richard Wagner -- César Franck -- Johannes Brahms -- Edward Grieg -- Peter Ilyitch Tschaikowsky -- Edward Macdowell -- Claude Achille Debussy -- Arturo Toscanini -- Leopold Stokowski -- Serge Koussevitzky -- Also Available.

Sommario/riassunto

This excellent ebook introduces the reader to a wide range of the world's greatest composers, including interesting facts about not only their musical styles but the men themselves. This edition has been specially formatted for today's e-readers, and will appeal to all those looking for a fascinating read about the history of classical music.