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Author:

Lependorf, Jeffrey D.

Title:

Masterpieces of western music [sound recording] / Jeffrey D. Lependorf.

Format:

[sound recording] /

Publisher:

Recorded Books,

Copyright Date:

p2004

Description:

7 sound discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (64 p. : col. ill ; 22 cm.).

Subject:

Music appreciation.
Music--18th century--History and criticism
Music--19th century--History and criticism.
Music--20th century--History and criticism.
Composers.--Biography.

Notes:

"14 lectures, 7 compact discs"--Container. Jeffrey D. Lependorf, professor Columbia University.

Contents:

Prairies of Brooklyn. Case of the runaway soloist -- All rise and sing hallelujah! -- More than just a little night music -- Magnificent obsession: the world in four notes -- Romanticism with a capital "R", or be careful what you wish for -- How to make a piano sing -- Going forward by looking back -- Tale of love and death -- It takes two, baby -- Quiet revolution -- Modernism with a bang! -- Kid stuff -- Prairies of Brooklyn.

Summary:

In this course, the author seeks to answer two questions: What makes these works masterpieces? Why highlight these works? Professor Lependorf highlights relevant details of the lives of the great composers and aids in developing a knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of Western music.

Series:

Modern scholar.

ISBN:

9781419313875 (guide)
1419313878 (guide)
9781419313868
141931386X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57305700

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)