Classical Music 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Classical Music

Written By : Fred Plotkin

Narrated By : Fred Plotkin

Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc

Runtime : 19 hours

Categories : Music Related
Music Related
Self Help

Price : $89.95 $36.95

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In clear and entertaining prose, Plotkin explores a thousand years of music, introduces listeners to more than one hundred great works, and profiles in depth many significant composers, including Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Dvok, and Mahler. He describes all the musical instruments in the orchestra, defines major musical terms, and makes music theory comprehensible for the uninitiated. There are also conversations with important musicians who offer fascinating insights about their art.
Classical Music 101 is a highly accessible guide to discovering the glories of classical music.
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Ballet Stories

Written By : David Angus

Narrated By : Jenny Agutter

Published By : Select Music & Distribution

Runtime : 1 hour 50 minutes

Categories : Short Stories
Music Related

Price : $11.99

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The magic of ballet is evoked in these enchanting stories presented with many musical excerpts from the works themselves. The stories of two French ballets - Giselle and Coppelia - and the three great ballets by Tchaikovsky are presented in engaging style by Jenny Agutter, who was herself a dancer before turning to acting.

 

Chronicles - Volume One

Written By : Bob Dylan

Narrated By : Sean Penn

Published By : Simon & Schuster

Runtime : 6 hours

Categories : Autobiography
Arts & Drama
Music Related
Music Related

Price : $29.95 $15.95

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"I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else."

Bob Dylan's Chronicle: Volume One explores the critical junctions in his life and career. Through Dylan's eyes and open mind, we see Greenwich Village, circa 1961, when he first arrives in Manhattan. Dylan's New York is a magical city of possibilities — smoky, nightlong parties; literary awakenings; transient loves and unbreakable friendships. Elegiac observations are punctuated by jabs of memories, penetrating and tough. With side trips to New Orleans, Woodstock, Minnesota and points west, Chronicles: Volume One is an intimate and intensely personal recollection of extraordinary times.