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This book is intended for musicians, general music lovers, students of music from A-level onwards, university music departments, opera lovers.
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This book is intended for musicians, general music lovers, students of music from A-level onwards, university music departments, opera lovers.
Profiles the personal life and musical career of the nineteenth-century Austrian composer, highlighting his relationships with such contemporaries as Wagner and Brahms, and analyzes each of his works in detail
Dufay is now recognized as the foremost composer of the Middle Ages without any rivals. His music is being performed more frequently, and a significant portion is available on commercial recordings. Therefore, it is appropriate to conduct a study of his life and work that seeks to explain why he has garnered such popularity among performers and listeners today.
These inexpensive books are wonderful value. Each of them contains, besides accounts of the life and of the whole output of the composer concerned, four appendices, a calendar, a catalogue of works, personalia, and a bibliography. There are many musical illustrations. Some of the outstanding volumes among the twenty-five so far issued are Beethoven: Marion Scott; Bizet: Winton Dean; Chopin: Arthur Hedley; Haydn: Rosemary Hughes; Mozart: Eric Blom; Purcell: J. A. Westrupp; and Verdi: Dyneley Hussey."
This book is intended for musicians, general music lovers, students of music from A-level onwards, university music departments.
This revised edition is part of a series that offers extensive coverage of the lives and works of renowned composers, with a particular focus on Gioacchino Rossini. It is designed for musicians, students, and general readers alike.