The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Classical Music

For the beginner or the devotee — it's everything the classical music buff needs to know.

The major composers from Bach and Bartok to Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky

Significant performers from Maurice Andre and Leornard Bernstein to Georg Solti and Yo Yo Ma

The landmark works from Appalachian Spring to Don Juan

A concise history of classical music

A deconstruction of the art form

The language of classical music

Valuable resources for the Curious Listener

• Author
• Tim Smith, Michael Tilson Thomas

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 249

• Publisher
• Tarcherperigee

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780399527951

• Genres
• music

• Release date
• 2002