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The more you know about classical music, the more you love it.

Now, thanks to "Classical Music For Dummies," you can achieve a

whole new level of insight into both the composers and the

compositions that have made classical music one of the great

accomplishments of humankind. "Classical Music For Dummies" doesn't

assume that you have a degree in musicology -- or even that you

took a course in music appreciation. Rather, the multimedially

gifted David Pogue and renowned conductor Scott Speck explain

classical music in terms you can understand, and they describe

musical elements so that you can hear them for yourself. A

reference you can dip into at any point, "Classical Music For

Dummies" covers such topics as The various forms that classical

music takes -- from symphonies to string quartets What goes on

behind the scenes and on stage to fill a concert hall with great

classical music How to recognize, by sight and by sound, the many

instruments that make up an orchestra The nuts and bolts of

classical music -- from rhythm to harmonic progression Plus,

"Classical Music For Dummies" comes complete with a CD containing

over 60 minutes of masterpieces compiled especially for the book.

The CD also includes a demo version of the Angel/EMI Classics For

DummiesTM multimedia interface to try out on your Windows-based PC

or Macintosh computer.

Preface. Foreword. Introduction. Part I: Welcome to the

Classics. Chapter 1: Prying Open the Classical Music Oyster.

Chapter 2: The Entire History of Music in 80 Pages. Chapter 3: How

to Spot a Sonata. Part II: Listen Up! Chapter 4: Dave 'n' Scott's

E-Z Concert Survival Guide. Chapter 5: A Spin through Your Free CD.

Part III: A Field Guide to the Orchestra. Chapter 6: Keyboards

& Co. Chapter 7: Strings Attached. Chapter 8: Gone with the

Woodwinds. Chapter 9: The Top (And Bottom) Brass. Chapter 10:

Percussion's Greatest Hits. Part IV: Backstage in the Composer's

Brain. Chapter 11: The Dreaded Music Theory Chapter. Chapter 12:

Once More, with Feeling: Tempo, Dynamics, and Orchestration. Part

V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 13: The Ten Most Common Misconceptions

about Classical Music. Chapter 14: The Ten Best Musical Terms for

Cocktail Parties. Chapter 15: Ten Great Chamber Music Pieces.

Chapter 16: Ten Great Classical Music Jokes. Chapter 17: Ten Ways

to Go Beyond This Book. Part VI: Appendixes. Appendix A: Starting a

Classical Music Collection. List 1: Old Favorites. List 2: MILD on

the Taste Meter. List 3: MEDIUM on the Taste Meter. List 4: MEDIUM

HOT on the Taste Meter. List 5: HOT on the Taste Meter. Appendix B:

Classical Music Timeline. Appendix C: Glossary Index. About the CD.

Book Registration Information.

David Pogue studied music at Yale and has been a conductor on

Broadway. He is also the bestselling author of Macs For Dummies.

Scott Speck is a faculty member of the American Symphony Orchestra

League's National Conducting Workshops.

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Discover how much fun classical music can be! Are you baffled by

Bach? Bewildered by Beethoven? Befuddled by Brahms? Relax! This

friendly, funny, easy-to-understand guide gives you the score on

composers, instruments, orchestras, concerts, recordings, and more

- and shows you just how enjoyable and rewarding classical music

can be. More than 60 minutes of music, including excerpts from

Bach's Well Tempered Clavier - Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 -

Brahms's Symphony No. 4 - Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 -

Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, and more from recordings by Ian

Hobson, pianist and conductor, Sinfonia da Camera and Sinfonia

Varsovia Plus MP3 versions of the excerpts you can play on your PC,

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The more you know about classical music, the more you love it. Now, thanks to "Classical Music For Dummies," you can achieve a whole new level of insight into both the composers and the compositions that have made classical music one of the great accomplishments of humankind. "Classical Music For Dummies" doesn't assume that you have a degree in musicology -- or even that you took a course in music appreciation. Rather, the multimedially gifted David Pogue and renowned conductor Scott Speck explain classical music in terms you can understand, and they describe musical elements so that you can hear them for yourself. A reference you can dip into at any point, "Classical Music For Dummies" covers such topics as The various forms that classical music takes -- from symphonies to string quartets What goes on behind the scenes and on stage to fill a concert hall with great classical music How to recognize, by sight and by sound, the many instruments that make up an orchestra The nuts and bolts of classical music -- from rhythm to harmonic progression Plus, "Classical Music For Dummies" comes complete with a CD containing over 60 minutes of masterpieces compiled especially for the book. The CD also includes a demo version of the Angel/EMI Classics For DummiesTM multimedia interface to try out on your Windows-based PC or Macintosh computer.