| Description |
vii, 146 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Illustrated by Dave Donald. |
| Contents |
Getting the ball rolling: Early music -- Now we're getting somewhere: Josquin ; Palestrina ; Gesualdo -- A few Englishment: Byrd; Clarke ; Purcell -- Going Baroque: Monteverdi ; Vivaldi ; Bach ; Handel -- Some classic examples: Haydn ; Mozart -- Those romantic types: Beethoven ; Wagner ; Brahms -- Follow the Lieder: Schubert ; Schumann -- The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming: The Mighty Five ; Tchaikovsky -- A ridiculously short history of opera: Opera -- The mess we're in now: Stravinsky ; Schoenberg ; The English County Gardeners ; Ives -- Where do we go from here?: Cage ; Coda. |
| Summary |
A great deal of music history, done with humor. |
| Subject |
Music -- History and criticism -- Humor.
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Composers -- Humor.
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Composers. (OCoLC)fst00871620
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Music. (OCoLC)fst01030269
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Humor. (OCoLC)fst01423696
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Humor.
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| Added Author |
Donald, Dave.
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| ISBN |
920151078 |
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0920151078 |
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9780920151075 |
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