| Description |
xv, 373 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
New York Review books collections
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New York Review Books collection.
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| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Contents |
Classical music : rise and fall, and rise -- Opera and the morbidity of music -- Two cheers for Rach 3 -- Labyrinth music -- William Byrd and the Catholics -- The operas of Monteverdi -- Bach : a short life -- A guide to The well-tempered clavier -- Wilfrid Mellers on Bach -- Mozart : four biographies -- Mozart's last year -- Playing Mozart : the piano concertos -- The magic flute -- Sonata forms -- Beethoven : works and life -- Beethoven hero -- Text and act : Beethoven's concertos -- Three riffs on the ninth -- The romantic generation -- Schubert's songs -- Berlioz : a life -- Reading opera -- Verdi : a life -- Verdi : the late operas -- Wagner and Wagnerism -- A Ring for San Francisco -- Bayreuth, 2001 -- The art of the program note -- Maria Callas (1923-1977) -- Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Music -- Book reviews.
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Music. |
| Genre/Form |
Book reviews.
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| Subject |
Musical criticism.
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Musical criticism. |
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Concerts -- Reviews.
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Concerts. |
| Genre/Form |
Reviews.
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Book reviews.
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Reviews.
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| ISBN |
9781590172650 alkaline paper |
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1590172655 alkaline paper |
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