What Makes It Great
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What Makes It Great

Short Masterpieces, Great Composers

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What Makes It Great

Short Masterpieces, Great Composers

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About This Book

A fresh guide to classical music from the acclaimed creator of NPR's "What Makes It Great"™

Rob Kapilow has been helping audiences hear more in great music for two decades with his What Makes It Great? series on NPR's Performance Today, at Lincoln Center, and in concert halls throughout the US and Canada. In this book, he focuses on short masterpieces by major composers to help you understand the essence of each composer's genius and how each piece—which can be heard on the book's web site—transformed the musical language of its time. Kapilow's down-to-earth approach makes music history easy to grasp no matter what your musical background.

  • Explores the musical styles and genius of great classical composers, including Vivaldi, Handel, J.S. Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Chopin, Puccini, Wagner, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, and Debussy
  • Features an accompanying web site where you can see, hear, and download each short masterpiece and all of the book's musical examples
  • Introduces you in depth to popular pieces from the classical repertoire, including "Spring" from the Four Seasons (Vivaldi), "Dove Sono" from The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart), the Prelude to Tristan and Isolde (Wagner), and "Trepak" from The Nutcracker Suite (Tchaikovsky)
  • Written by acclaimed composer, conductor, and pianist Rob Kapilow: "You could practically see the light bulbs going on above people's heads" ( The Philadelphia Inquirer ); "Rob Kapilow is awfully good at what he does" ( The Boston Globe ); "A wonderful guy who brings music alive!" (Katie Couric)

This book, along with the music on the companion web site, is an ideal starting point for anyone interested in classical music, whether first-time listener, experienced concertgoer or performing musician, offering an entree into the world of eighteen great composers and a collection of individual masterpieces spanning almost two hundred years.

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Publisher
Trade Paper Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9781118058169
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. How to Use the Website
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1: Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
  9. Chapter 2: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
  10. Chapter 3: George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
  11. Chapter 4: Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
  12. Chapter 5: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
  13. Chapter 6: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
  14. Chapter 7: Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
  15. Chapter 8: Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
  16. Chapter 9: Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
  17. Chapter 10: Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
  18. Chapter 11: Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
  19. Chapter 12: Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
  20. Chapter 13: Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
  21. Chapter 14: Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
  22. Chapter 15: Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
  23. Chapter 16: Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
  24. Chapter 17: Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
  25. Chapter 18: Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
  26. Glossary
  27. Index