Classical Music for Everybody
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (867 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0964410338 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 262 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Customer said A solid, in-depth, introduction to classical music. The breadth and depth of classical music can be intimidating for the neophyte. The baroque, classical, and romantic periods combined with the huge numbers of composers and performers are an intimidating mount to climb. Mr. Sethna, through beautifully written prose, presents a series of important masterworks from each period, describes why ea
. He examines it one musical snippet at a time, looking at each piece for what it can tell us about human life and death, among other issues. "Good music is a personal interpretation of experience, shaped and endowed with meaning, ordered by a particular intelligence and a particular sensitivity" writes Dhun H. Taking an intensive look at one song, such as Schubert's "Der Erlkonig," or one movement from a larger work ("The March to the Scaffold," from Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique), he explores the history behind the music and what it is intended to express. "This book challenges the listeners to reach out and examine the music, and then reexamine themselves, so that it becomes a joint effort to make sense of life--a shared world created through sound, to be imagined, explored and interpreted." Although the writing is occasionally awkward, Sethna's approach to teaching about classical music works well. The brief discographies for each selection, which conce
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