Bibliograph

The history of classical music, Richard Fawkes

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The history of classical music, Richard Fawkes

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eng

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instructionhistory

Main title

The history of classical music

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Oclc number

62288239212308

Responsibility statement

Richard Fawkes

Summary

From Gregorian Chant to Henryk Gorecki, here is the fascinating story of over a thousand years of Western classical music and composers. Polyphony, sonata form, serial music and other terms are explained with 150 accompanying music excerpts

Table Of Contents

CD 1. The Early, Medieval and Renaissance periods (74:28) -- CD 2. The Baroque period (c1600-1750). The classical period (c1750-1800) (79:11) -- CD 3. The Romantic period (c1827-1900) (78:59) -- CD 4. The twentieth century (79:40)

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