by Antony Hopkins (Author)
This guide to the main concert repertory explores and interprets significant and frequently-played orchestral works. Each of the 39 composers is introduced in a biographical sketch and placed in the musical context of his time. The author also offers the reader his thoughts on style, form and historical perspective. Antony Hopkins is the writer and presenter of BBC Talking About Music programmes.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 672
Edition: New
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 10 Jun 1993
ISBN 10: 0460861123
ISBN 13: 9780460861120