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

by DK (Author), Katie Derham (Foreword) Format: Kindle Edition

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Learn about the world's greatest classical compositions and musical traditions in The Classical Music Book.

Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Classic Music in this overview guide to the subject, great for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Classical Music Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the topic through eye-catching graphics and diagrams to immerse yourself in.

This captivating book will broaden your understanding of Classical Music, with:

- More than 90 pieces of world-famous music
- Packed with facts, charts, timelines and graphs to help explain core concepts
- A visual approach to big subjects with striking illustrations and graphics throughout
- Easy to follow text makes topics accessible for people at any level of understanding

The Classical Music Book is a captivating introduction to music theory, crucial composers and the impact of seminal pieces, aimed at adults with an interest in the subject and students wanting to gain more of an overview. Here you'll discover more than 90 works by famous composers from the early period to the modern day, through exciting text and bold graphics.

Your Classical Music Questions, Simply Explained

From Mozart to Mendelssohn, this fresh new guide goes beyond your typical music books, offering a comprehensive overview to classical music history and biography. If you thought it was difficult to learn about music theory, The Classical Music Book presents key information in a clear layout. Explore the main ideas underpinning the world's greatest compositions and musical traditions, and define their importance to the musical canon and into their wider social, cultural, and historical context.

The Big Ideas Series

With millions of copies sold worldwide, The Classical Music Book is part of the award-winning Big Ideas series from DK. The series uses striking graphics along with engaging writing, making big topics easy to understand.

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DK was founded in London in 1974 and is now the world leading illustrated reference publisher and a member of the Penguin Random House division of Bertelsmann. DK publishes highly visual, photographic non-fiction for adults and children. DK produces content for consumers in over 100 countries and over 60 languages, with offices in the UK, India, US, Germany, China, Canada, Spain and Australia.

DK's aim is to inspire, educate and entertain readers of all ages, and everything DK publishes, whether print or digital, embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivaled clarity to a wide range of topics, with a unique combination of words and pictures, put together to spectacular effect. We have a reputation for innovation in design for both print and digital products.

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DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books, publisher of the Idiot's Guides series.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07K8CRZFM
Publisher ‏ : ‎ DK (December 4, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 4, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 337428 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 802 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #349,065 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #49 in Classical Music (Kindle Store)
- #67 in Music Reference (Kindle Store)
- #175 in Music History & Criticism (Kindle Store)

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Kent Byron

A great book on the history of western music.

Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2019

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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.

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Patricia Klenda

Pleased with this informational book!

Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2021

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

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Tosh

Good book, easy read

Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2020

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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.

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ladysupermarket

Made me more interested in classical music but it gets technical at times

Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2019

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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

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Jodi L Rodriquez

A must have for Classical Lovers

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2019

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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.

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Frank Figlozzi

Good for Some

Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2019

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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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Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2022

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Fantastic, visually interesting

Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2018

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I've studied classical music my whole life and this book opened up new composers and new types of music; it's a constant discovery. I bought this for my daughter but kept it for myself!

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Hao Yu

A must have for classical music lover!

Reviewed in Canada on January 9, 2022

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A great book to read as a classical music lover! History is interesting and it resonates many great musicians and their great master pieces!

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Reviewed in Germany on December 19, 2023

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Finde die Reihe sehr gut, sehr übersichtlich und anschaulich erklärt, zu empfehlen

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K W

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 30, 2023

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Very informative , well illustrated, excellent value for money, hardback cover so keeps well. I have purchased loads of books in the Big Ideas explained range from the Dorling Kindersley publisher. Would definately recomend.

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Razoável.

Reviewed in Brazil on September 25, 2019

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Muito resumido e, às vezes, divergente com as novas descobertas da musicologia contemporânea. Não é indicado para iniciantes.

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