For the beginner or the devotee—it's everything the classical music buff needs to know.
- 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
- ISBN10 0399527958
- ISBN13 9780399527951
- Publish Date 6 August 2002 (first published 1 August 2002)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 9 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
- Imprint Perigee Books,U.S.
- Format Hardcover (US Trade)
- Pages 272
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780399527951