Music

A little bit of everything in this one volume: definitions of musical terms and concepts, biographical sketches of composers & performers, past & present; quotations; suggested listening; synopses of operas; and a chronology of music.

Major historical periods in the development of Western music, with numerous examples, illustrations, lists of important composers, and suggestions for listening.

v. 1. Classical music and its origins -- v. 2. The Romantic era -- v. 3. The nineteenth-century legacy -- v. 4. Music in the twentieth century.

A "descriptive chronology" of 20th century music, supplemented with important letters & documents on music, a critical glossary, and index.

Profusely illustrated, magazine-style introduction to all aspects of classical music.

Detailed account of classical music in its narrowest sense (late 18th century Classical): composers, their works, concurrent political, cultural, and musical events.