The History of Classical Music
Richard Fawkes
Jul 2000 · Naxos AudioBooks · Narrated by Robert Powell
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5 hr 12 min
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From Gregorian Chant to Henryk Gorecki, the first living classical composer to get into the pop album charts, here is the fascinating story of over a thousand years of Western classical music and the composers who have sought to express in music the deepest of human feelings and emotions. Polyphony, sonata form, serial musicÊÐ many musical expressions are also explainedÊÐ with the text illustrated by performances from some of the most highly praised recordings of recent years. From Gregorian chant to Stravinsky and Gorecki, 150 musical excerpts illustrate the narrative.
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