The Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Classical Music

by Sadie, Stanley; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Ashkenazy, Vladimir

• ISBN13: 9780823076987
• ISBN10: 0823076989
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Random House Inc

Summary

Organized chronologically by musical era, this comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible volume contains a dazzling display of information, analysis, and color, adding up to a major new learning tool and ongoing reference source to inform and entertain students, scholars, and all lovers of classical music.

Table of Contents

How to Use This Book	6	(2)
Foreword	8	(1)
Introduction	9	(1)
The World of Music	10	(10)
Era Introduction	12	(1)
China	13	(1)
South Asia	14	(1)
Southeast Asia	15	(1)
The Americas	16	(1)
Africa	17	(1)
Oceania	17	(1)
The Near East	18	(1)
Greece and Rome	19	(1)
The Medieval Era	20	(22)
Era Introduction	22	(4)
Personalities	26	(6)
Styles and Forms	32	(4)
Instruments	36	(2)
Listening Guide	38	(4)
The Renaissance	42	(28)
Era Introduction	44	(4)
Personalities	48	(10)
Styles and Forms	58	(4)
Instruments	62	(4)
Listening Guide	66	(4)
The Early Baroque	70	(30)
Era Introduction	72	(4)
Claudio Monteverdi	76	(2)
Henry Purcell	78	(2)
Personalities	80	(8)
Styles and Forms	88	(4)
Instruments	92	(4)
Listening Guide	96	(4)
The Late Baroque	100	(34)
Era Introduction	102	(4)
Johann Sebastian Bach	106	(6)
George Frideric Handel	112	(4)
Personalities	116	(8)
Styles and Forms	124	(4)
Instruments	128	(2)
Listening Guide	130	(4)
The Classical Era	134	(42)
Era Introduction	136	(4)
Joseph Haydn	140	(4)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	144	(6)
Ludwig van Beethoven	150	(6)
Personalities	156	(8)
Styles and Forms	164	(6)
Instruments	170	(2)
Listening Guide	172	(4)
The Early Romantic	176	(44)
Era Introduction	178	(4)
Franz Schubert	182	(4)
Personalities	186	(20)
Styles and Forms	206	(6)
Instruments	212	(4)
Listening Guide	216	(4)
The Late Romantic	220	(54)
Era Introduction	222	(4)
Richard Wagner	226	(4)
Giuseppe Verdi	230	(4)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	234	(4)
Personalities	238	(24)
Styles and Forms	262	(4)
Instruments	266	(4)
Listening Guide	270	(4)
The Modern Era	274	(44)
Era Introduction	276	(4)
Igor Stravinsky	280	(2)
Claude Debussy	282	(2)
Personalities	284	(20)
Styles and Forms	304	(6)
Instruments	310	(4)
Listening Guide	314	(4)
The Late 20th Century	318	(38)
Era Introduction	320	(4)
Personalities	324	(12)
Styles and Forms	336	(4)
Opera	340	(8)
Instruments	348	(4)
Listening Guide	352	(4)
Glossary	356	(8)
Bibliography	364	(4)
Discography	368	(4)
Music Organizations	372	(3)
Contributor Biographies	375	(1)
Picture Credits	376	(1)
Index	377