The Classical Music Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained (DK Big Ideas)

It is important that we know the history of music..,all genres, actually, but this book is a great place to start, review or remind us of the timeless beauty and power of music.

I've been in music all my life. This is a great book filled with enlightening eye-candy images as well as a great history of western music over a long period of time. But then again, DK books never seem to be bad, not any of them. A great book.

Interesting book that gives another perspective to the composers. Such as what was going on in history during their time, not only world history but music history and how that influenced their style.

This is an excellent compendium of facts, chronologically -edited and explanations of the evolution and history of music with incredible illustrations and biographical notes from the composers. It gets a little bit technical at times but if you are interested in learning, I found it was best accompanied by hearing the example that was being explained while reading. I have learned so much from this and has made me a lot more interested in classical music. It also made me really curious to explore the rest of the books in this series as a way to expand my knowledge in other interesting topics to me, as the layoff of the book is so digestible if you are patient

The book is attractive and informative to a wide range of students.

Extremely Informative book on the History of Classical Music. Lots of information that I did not know. A well written book for Lovers of Classical music. You will not be disappointed. 100/10.

This is a good book if you're familiar with all the music referred to by the author (I'm not). For a more comprehensive and interesting book about the history of music I like, "The Story of Music: From Babylon to the Beatles" by Howard Goodall.

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