The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Classical Music

Author/Contributor(s):	Smith, Timothy K.; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Publisher:	Tarcher
Date:	8/6/2002
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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