{"product_id":"9781849120449","title":"Classical Music: An Introduction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe history of classical music is very much the history of western civilization; a reflection of the ages in which the individual composers lived and of the instruments that they could call upon.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eClassical Music – An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e, the reader is taken through the history of classical music from its mediaeval origins through to the modern era. Individual sections describe the great periods - Mediaeval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Early Romantic, Romantic and Post World War 1 - putting the development of classical music into context and highlighting the most significant pieces and composers to emerge from each era.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAlongside the narrative history, individual sections provide biographies of the most famous composers and detail their most important works.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFinally, the book also examines how instruments evolved and how the sound of the modern orchestra differs from that of its earlier forms.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn chronicling the history of classical music and outlining the most influential composers with their works, \u003ci\u003eClassical Music – An Introduction \u003c\/i\u003eseeks both to explode the myth that classical music is somehow elitist and also to make all aware of the beauty of almost 1000 years of great and evocative music.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a CD with a selection of the world's greatest classical music.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Casemate Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043294298352,"sku":"9781849120449","price":44.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781849120449_p0.jpg?v=1763751299","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781849120449","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}