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How to understand music
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How to understand music, by Oscar Thompson ...
ISBN
0836928296
Published
New York, The Dial Press, 1935.
Physical Description
5 p. ℓ., 347 p. front., plates, ports., diagr. 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 23, 2004
Contents
An avowal of aims
The nature of music
The language of music
Barriers to hearing music as it is
Opera and music-drama
A Mozart aria opera-The Marriage of Figaro
A Verdi aria opera-La Traviata
A Wagner music-drama
Pelleas et Melisande
The symphony
The orchestra
Haydn's symphonies
Mozart's symphonies
Beethoven's symphonies
The symphonies of Brahms
An index of fifty symphonies
Program-music
Piano music
Violin music
The song
Chamber music
A Schubert trio
A Schubert quartet
Choral music
Some notes on common musical forms
A note on the use of books.
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