{"product_id":"the-vintage-guide-to-classical-music-an-indispensable-guide-for-understanding-and-enjoying-classical-music-9780679728054","title":"The Vintage Guide to Classical Music: An Indispensable Guide for Understanding and Enjoying Classical Music","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jan Swafford\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Vintage\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Vintage\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Genres \u0026amp; Styles - Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Inside Flap\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe most readable and comprehensive guide to enjoying over five hundred years of classical music -- from Gregorian chants, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and beyond. \u003cbr\u003eThe Vintage Guide to Classical Music is a lively -- and opinionated -- musical history and an insider's key to the personalities, epochs, and genres of the Western classical tradition. Among its features: \u003cbr\u003e-- chronologically arranged essays on nearly 100 composers, from Guillaume de Machaut (ca. 1300-1377) to Aaron Copland (1900-1990), that combine biography with detailed analyses of the major works while assessing their role in the social, cultural, and political climate of their times; \u003cbr\u003e-- informative sidebars that clarify broader topics such as melody, polyphony, atonality, and the impact of the early-music movement; \u003cbr\u003e-- a glossary of musical terms, from a cappella to woodwinds; \u003cbr\u003e-- a step-by-step guide to building a great classical music library. \u003cbr\u003eWritten with wit and a clarity that both musical experts and beginners can appreciate, The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is an invaluable source-book for music lovers everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45087855378583,"sku":"9780679728054","price":1400.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780679728054.webp?v=1767640990","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-vintage-guide-to-classical-music-an-indispensable-guide-for-understanding-and-enjoying-classical-music-9780679728054","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}