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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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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

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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.

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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."

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This book is intended for musicians, general music lovers, students of music from A-level onwards, university music departments.

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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.

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