Get Started in Classical Music is a clear, concise yet comprehensive introduction to the world of classical music for the newcomer. It takes your listening experience as the starting point and fills in factual details along the way.
New topics are introduced step by step and are always presented from the listener's point of view.
These topics include:
- Listening to music: developing skills
- What is classical music?
- The architecture of music: forms and structures
- Historical background: different periods and different styles
- The instruments of the orchestra
- Starting a collection of recorded music
Examples from well-known pieces are examined in a clear and non-technical way.
Whether you dip into Get Started in Classical Music from time to time or read it straight through, you will feel that your musical horizons have been broadened and that you have gained the knowledge and confidence to extend your musical experiences further.
- ISBN10 1473600952
- ISBN13 9781473600959
- Publish Date 27 June 2014
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Murray Press
- Imprint Teach Yourself
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 240
- Language English