Exploring Haydn: A Listener's Guide to Music's Boldest Innovator [With 2 CDs]

by David Hurwitz

No composer has ever achieved the amazing progression that Haydn has. He invented the string quartet as we know it today, became "the Father of the Symphony " and founded the greatest school in the history of music. His life was one of ceaseless experimentation and invention, of problems surmounted and challenges met. In this book, No. 6 in the Amadeus Press Unlocking the Masters series, David Hurwitz acquaints readers with Haydn's innovative melodic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574671162
• ISBN13: 9781574671162
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Amadeus
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"