{"product_id":"the-vintage-guide-to-classical-music-an-indispensable-guide-for-understanding-and-enjoying-classical-music-0679728058-used","title":"The Vintage Guide to Classical Music: An Indispensable Guide for Understanding and Enjoying Classical Music","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0679728058\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Swafford, Jan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.The 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:-- 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;-- informative sidebars that clarify broader topics such as melody, polyphony, atonality, and the impact of the early-music movement;-- a glossary of musical terms, from a cappella to woodwinds;-- a step-by-step guide to building a great classical music library.Written 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":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67614722654496,"sku":"USED0679728058","price":13.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71kAJTbfAjL_ba37f45b-5506-4475-b283-d463cd45ec62.jpg?v=1790797566","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-vintage-guide-to-classical-music-an-indispensable-guide-for-understanding-and-enjoying-classical-music-0679728058-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}