The Chronicle of Classical Music: An Intimate Diary of the Lives and Music of the Great Composers

by Alan Kendall

Book Overview

Taking the form of a chronological diary from 1600 to the present, this book leads the reader through the centuries, year by year, following the musicians' overlapping and interweaving lives. The... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500016275
• ISBN13: 9780500016275
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.0" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Aptly Titled, Beautifully Illustrated Time Line

As the professional reviewers observe this book is extremely limited in its written material, but it does provide a good visual reference to the times that the music was written. Being a Thames and Hudson publication, it tends to focus on British performers in its recommendations of most famous singers and musicians. American performers are given short shrift. Yet I do like it for what it does provide. I got it to go with a fabulous audio class taught through the Teaching Company by Robert Greenberg on the History of Western Music. So, as a short, general, timeline survey it is an adequate, beautifully illustrated reference. For greater depth, this author is a co-editor of a four volume treatise on the subject. That, and several others are referenced in the bibliography.