The Essential Canon of Classical Music Paperback 0865476640 9780865476646 David Dubal

The ultimate guide to classical composers and their music-for both the novice and the experienced listener Music, according to Aaron Copland, can thrive only if there are gifted listeners.

But today's listeners must choose between classical and rock, opera and rap, and the choices can seem overwhelming at times.

In The Essential Canon of Classical Music, David Dubal comes to the aid of the struggling listener and provides a cultural-literacy handbook for classical music.