NPR Classical Music Companion: Terms and Concepts from A to Z - Hardcover
Hoffman demystifies the terms and concepts of classical music in an accessible and witty style. He delves into definitions and etymologies, explores terms with reference to famous composers and works, and calls upon amusing analogies to make sense of music's finer points.
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Do you enjoy classical music but wish you knew more about it? In this wonderfully engaging guide, Miles Hoffman demystifies the terms and concepts of classical music in an accessible and clever style. With more than 130 entries, The NPR Classical Music Companion delves into definitions and etymologies, explores terms with reference to famous composers and works, and calls upon amusing analogies to make sense of music's finer points. Offering a clear path through a potentially daunting world, this book makes understanding music an irresistible pleasure.
About the Author:
MILES HOFFMAN is the music commentator for NPR s Morning Edition. Every week for thirteen years, from 1989 to 2002, he delighted the nationwide audience of NPR s Performance Today with his sparkling commentary Coming to Terms. A graduate of Yale University and the Juilliard School, Hoffman is the violist and artistic director of the American Chamber Players and is the dean of the Petrie School of Music at Converse College in South Carolina.
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- PublisherTandem Library
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 1417711353
- ISBN 13 9781417711352
- BindingHardcover
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