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The Chronicle of Classical Music An Intimate Diary of the Lives and Music of the Great Composers

Paperback • 2000 • English • 1. edition

The Chronicle of Classical Music An Intimate Diary of the Lives and Music of the Great Composers

By Alan Kendall

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"Walks us through history in a nicely paced diary format ..A superb project."Rocky Mountain News Taking the form of a chronological diary from 1600 to the present, this book leads the reader through the centuries, year by year, following the musicians' overlapping and interweaving lives. The composers' own worlds, public and private, spring to life in extracts from contemporary letters and journals, and in hundreds of illustrations, many in full color. An informative introduction traces the hi...Show more

Theory of music and musicology
History of music
Composers and songwriters

Book details

ISBN

9780500282137

Publisher

Thames and Hudson

Published year

2000

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The Chronicle of Classical Music An Intimate Diary of the Lives and Music of the Great Composers

Format

Paperback

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