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Classic Ephemera: A Classic FM Musical Miscellany
Darren Henley
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Description for Classic Ephemera: A Classic FM Musical Miscellany
Hardcover. Do you want to know your Allegri from your Allegro? Your Tavener from your Taverner? Even your Bach from your Offenbach? Classic Ephemera is a musical miscellany packed with all manner of handy information: telling trivia, curious quotes and fascinating facts. Num Pages: 192 pages, Mono illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: AVGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 312. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear in good dustwrapper
Which famous composer could play the piano at the age of 2? - How long did it take Rossini to compose The Barber of Seville? - Why was Elgar depicted on the back of a GBP20 note? Find out all this and more in Classic Ephemera: A Classic FM Musical Miscellany, the irresistible new collection of facts, figures and amusing anecdotes from Darren Henley and Tim Lihoreau. Covering everything from composer biographies to explanations of the ten most famous operas, Classic Ephemera contains everything you need to know about classical music, and more besides. Amusing, light-hearted but always enlightening, ... Read more
Which famous composer could play the piano at the age of 2? - How long did it take Rossini to compose The Barber of Seville? - Why was Elgar depicted on the back of a GBP20 note? Find out all this and more in Classic Ephemera: A Classic FM Musical Miscellany, the irresistible new collection of facts, figures and amusing anecdotes from Darren Henley and Tim Lihoreau. Covering everything from composer biographies to explanations of the ten most famous operas, Classic Ephemera contains everything you need to know about classical music, and more besides. Amusing, light-hearted but always enlightening, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Elliott & Thompson
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904027812
SKU
KSS0005306
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Darren Henley
Darren Henley is the Managing Director of Classic FM. The author of eighteen books about classical music and musicians, the American Audiobook Publishers Association named two of his audiobooks for children "Best Original Work" in consecutive years. As well as winning the Radio Times Readers' Choice Award at the British Spoken Word Awards, his Naxos Audiobook The Story of ... Read more
Reviews for Classic Ephemera: A Classic FM Musical Miscellany
From Adagio to Zipoli, by way of Intermezzo and Tavener, this perfect little book takes all the mystique out of classical music, pulling off the trick of being neither pompous nor patronising.A" STEPHEN FRY A wonderful miscellany of musical information - marvellous!A" ALEX JAMES A fun way to discover the joys of classical music.A" JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER