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You’re no idiot of course. You know something about classical music, whether it’s the “da-da-da-dum” opening of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony or that a famous shaggy dog was named after that same composer. But when it comes to knowing your Vivaldi from your Berlioz, you find it less stressful to tune your radio dial to some old time rock and roll. Don’t give up yet! The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Classical Music shows you how easy it is to understand and appreciate clas… More >>

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Classical Music

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A pioneer in the progressive rock movement of the 1970s, and winner of KEYBOARD magazine’s Best New Talent Award in 1979, escorts readers through the often intimidating world of music, introducing them to rhythm, key signatures, chords, and intervals, and telling how to write it all down. Clear and practical throughout, generously sprinkled with examples, this book leads readers to the point where they can take off on their own…. More >>

The Musician’s Guide to Reading and Writing Music 2nd Ed.

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Introduction Though few of them make much effort to entice a new audience to their product, the recording companies continue to pour out a flood of classical music. The catalogue of current classical CDs runs to more than two thousand tightly packed pages, and lists nearly three hundred composers before reaching the second letter of the alphabet. An average month sees some four hundred recordings added to the pile. THE ROUGH GUIDE to CLASSICAL MUSIC attempts to m… More >>

The Rough Guide to Classical Music

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* The major composers from Bach and Bartok to Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky
* Significant performers from Maurice Andre and Leornard Bernstein to Georg Solti and Yo Yo Ma
* The landmark works from Appalachian Spring to Don Juan
* A concise history of classical music
* A deconstruction of the art form
* The language of classical music
* Valuable resources for the Curious Listener… More >>

The NPR Curious Listener’s Guide to Classical Music

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The Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2010 is the essential guide for music-lovers collecting their music on CD, DVD or as a download. Drawing on the magazine’s 85-year experience of reviewing classical music on record, The Guide reviews 3500 recordings of music that covers the full spectrum of classical music, from the Middle Ages to the brand new, from Grand Opera to Lieder and song, from string quartets to organ music…. More >>

The Gramophone Classical Music Guide: The Most Authoritative Guide to the Best Classical Recordings Written by the World’s Leading Critics