{"product_id":"book-1i95","title":"The Vintage Guide to Classical Music","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe most readable and comprehensive guide to enjoying over five hundred years of classical music - from Gregorian chants, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Vintage Guide to Classical Music\u003c\/i\u003e is a lively—and opinionated—musical history and an insider's key to the personalities, epochs, and genres of the Western classical tradition. Among its features:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003echronologically arranged essays on nearly 100 composers, from Guillaume de Machaut (ca. 1300-1377) to Aaron Copland (1900-1990), that combine biography with detailed analyses of the major works while assessing their role in the social, cultural, and political climate of their times;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003einformative sidebars that clarify broader topics such as melody, polyphony, atonality, and the impact of the early-music movement;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea glossary of musical terms, from a cappella to woodwinds;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea step-by-step guide to building a great classical music library.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with wit and a clarity that both musical experts and beginners can appreciate, \u003ci\u003eThe Vintage Guide to Classical Music\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable source-book for music lovers everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis audiobook is expertly read and engineered by Peter Coates. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books \u0026amp; Media, LLC, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dreamscape","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":51292870443312,"sku":"BD1i95","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/1i95-Square-cover.jpg?v=1779998439","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1i95","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}