Declassified : a low-key guide to the high-strung world of classical music
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- ISBN: 9780593331460
- ISBN: 059333146X
- ISBN: 9780593331477
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Physical Description:
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xx, 294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm - Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2022]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Classical Music Isn't a Thing : A Very Biased Overview of 1,400 Years of Music -- Talent Isn't a Thing, Either : Okay, Fine, So It's a Thing, but It's Not as Much of a Thing as You Think -- Classical Music Is for Snobs : But It's Also for You -- Conductors Are Assholes : And Other Popular Archetypes of the Classical Music Industry -- Million- Dollar Baby Grands (and Violins) : The Literal Price of Excellence -- Welcome to the Jailyard : The Truth about Competition in Classical Music -- It's Easy to Get Lost : Navigating a Composition- and a Career in Classical Music -- Sometimes There Are Curses : Beethoven's Hair, Mozart's Requiem, and Other Superstitions of the Classical Universe -- They're Not All Symphonies : All the Pretty (Kinds of) Pieces -- Romantic in the Candle- Lined- Hot- Tub Sense of the Word : Famous (and Not So Famous) Love Stories of Classical Music -- Here Comes the Bride : The I Dos and I Don'ts of Wedding and Event Music -- How to Be a Listener : How to Hear (and Truly Appreciate) Classical Music -- One more viola joke. |
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Subject: | Music appreciation Music Humor Music History Music 18th century History Music 19th century History Musique Appréciation MUSIC Instruction & Study General Music Music appreciation |
Genre: | Humor. Humor. |
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