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Who Killed Classical Music?: Maestros, Managers, and Corporate Politics

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Offers a start-to-finish history of classical music, explaining how the twentieth century has reached a radical tranformation period in which orchestras have become out of reach to most people, left only to the elite who can afford their exorbitant ticket prices.”Amazon.com Review
A sequel of sorts to The Maestro Myth: Great Conductors in Pursuit of Power, Who Killed Classical Music? continues British author and critic Norman Lebrecht’s version of… More >>

Who Killed Classical Music?: Maestros, Managers, and Corporate Politics

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The NPR Curious Listener’s 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 Classical Music Experience: Discover the Music of the World’s Greatest Composers

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“Every beginner needs a place to begin. For a music lover, what better place to discover more about music than between the pages of another music lover’s book? The Classical Music Experience makes it easy by taking you through the history of classical music composer by composer.” -Adam Duritz, lead singer, Counting Crows There are many books about classical music, but none capture the incredible range of musical styles and sounds as accessibly or in as compellin… More >>

The Classical Music Experience: Discover the Music of the World’s Greatest Composers

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