Displaying 1 of 1 2000 Format: Book Author: Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995. Title: The great composers and their works / Nicolas Slonimsky ; edited by Electra Yourke. Publisher, Date: New York : Schirmer Books, ©2000. Description: 2 volumes (xxiii, 674 pages) : illustrations ; 26 cm Summary: Provides biographical information on nineteen composers, describes the musical components of their major works, and provides anecdotal background on those works. Subjects: Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Strauss, Johann, 1804-1849. Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Handel, George Frederic, 1685-1759. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai, 1844-1908. Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Debussy, Claude Achille, 1832-1918. Schoenbert, Arnold, 1874-1951. Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945. Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Music -- History and criticism. Music appreciation. Other Author: Yourke, Electra. Notes: Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index. Contents: v. 1. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) : musical fountainhead. George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) : the magnificent. Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) : a genius of perfection in music. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91) : the supreme. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) : the fervent genius. The felicitous Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47). The paradoxical Richard Wagner (1813-83). Johannes Brahms (1833-97) : the third B of music -- v. 2. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) : poet of cheerful melancholy. Presenting the great Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908). Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) : musical Prometheus. Claude Debussy (1862-1918) : poet of musical impressions. Richard Strauss : Richard the Second (1864-1949). Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) : a musical prophet. Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) : poet of simplicity. Béla Bartók (1881-1945) : modern Janus. Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) : perennial revolutionary. Sergei Prokofiev : his signature--SRG PRKFV (1891-1953). Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-75) : besieged nationalist. LCCN: 99042808 ISBN: 0028649559 9780028649559 0028654749 9780028654744 0028654757 9780028654751 0028649559 (set) 0028654749 (v. 1) 0028654757 (v. 2) Other Number: 42002831 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 89537 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: 780.9 Slonimsk Place Hold Please select and request a specific volume by clicking one of the icons in the 'Availability' section below. Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
