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Classical music for dummies / by David Pogue and Scott Speck.

by Pogue, David, 1963-

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John Wiley & Sons, 2015.

Music appreciation.

Music -- History and criticism.

Cheat sheets, including checklists, charts, etc.

9781119049753 (pbk.)

xiii, 364 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm.

"Listen to audio tracks online"--Cover.

Musical examples provided online via links to recordings on the publisher's web site.

Includes index.

Getting started with classical music. Prying open the classical music oyster ; The entire history of music in 80 pages ; Knowing how to spot a sonata -- Listen up! Dave 'n' Scott's E-Z concert survival guide ; For your listening pleasure ; Intermission : taking a backstage tour -- A field guide to the orchestra. Keyboards & co. ; Strings attached ; Gone with the woodwinds ; The top (and bottom) brass ; Percussion's greatest hits -- Peeking into the composer's brain. The dreaded music theory chapter ; Once more, with feeling : tempo, dynamics, and orchestration -- The part of tens. The ten most common misconceptions about classical music ; The ten best musical terms for cocktail parties ; Ten great classical music jokes ; Ten ways to get more music in your life -- Appendix A. Starting a classical music collection -- Appendix B. Classical music timeline -- Appendix C. Glossary.

Learn to distinguish the different styles of classical music; explore composers, instruments, orchestras, concerts, recordings, and more; build a fabulous classical music library.

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