Ten Masterpieces of Music (eBook)

Harvey Sachs (Autor)

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2021
384 Seiten
Liveright (Verlag)
978-1-63149-519-9 (ISBN)

Infos

In this magisterial volume, Harvey Sachs, author of the highly acclaimed biography Toscanini, takes readers into the heart of ten great works of classical music-works that have endured because they were created by composers who had a genius for drawing music out of their deepest wellsprings. These masters-Mozart and Beethoven; Schubert, Schumann, Berlioz, Verdi and Brahms; Sibelius, Prokofiev and Stravinsky-communicated their life experiences through music and through music they universalised the intimate. By expanding our perceptions of these ten pieces-composed in the years between 1784 and 1966-Sachs, in lush, exquisite prose, invites us to consider why music stimulates, disturbs, exalts and consoles us. He has lived with these masterpieces for a lifetime and his descriptions of them and the dramatic lives of the composers who wrote them bring a heightened dimension to the musical perceptions of readers who may be casual listeners, students, professional musicians or anyone in between.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.10.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 13 illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
• Schlagworte: Beethoven • Berlioz • best classical music • books about composers • Brahms • classical music history • composer books • Composers • Great composers • Mozart • orchestra books • prokofiev • schubertschumann • Sibelius • Stravinsky • Verdi
• ISBN-10: 1-63149-519-4 / 1631495194
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63149-519-9 / 9781631495199