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Dewey Decimal Number: 780.9 EAN: 9780920151105 Edition: 10 Anv ISBN: 0920151108 Label: Sound And Vision Manufacturer: Sound And Vision Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 160 Publication Date: September 01, 1996 Publisher: Sound And Vision Studio: Sound And Vision Editorial Review: Product Description: Bach, Beethoven and the Boys chronicles the lives of the great (and not-so-great) composers as you've never read them before - exploring their sex lives, exposing their foibles and expanding our knowledge of these remarkable but also human creatures. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great bookI am a recent graduate of college with a degree in music education. While reading this book, I really enjoyed myself and was able to brush up a little bit on my music history. Very entertaining and informative. I wish my music history classes in college were this fun. Rating: - The best introduction to classical music.Our family loves this book so much we keep buying copies to give to friends. Rating: - Informative AND funny... music history as it ought to be taught INDEED!This is one of the funniest books I've read in a while, which would be reason enough to praise it, but I actually learned a lot in between the laughs. The book is written in a very conversational tone, as opposed so something dry and academic, or (worse) rife with hero worship. Since the book covers a lot of ground, the entries are necessarily brief, but they serve as great introductions and still manage to convey quite a bit of information. Barber has fun with the subjects, and seems ... Read More Rating: - This is a book of HUMOR!Um . . . this is a book of humor, not a book on music history. Well, maybe you have to be a music teacher who has struggled with teaching music history to 12-year-olds who are forced to be in your class to fully appreciate it all. I thought it was hilarious, but then, music teachers who have 2000 students a week think nearly anything is hilarious. Go elsewhere for accuracy or historical facts, but for some reason or other, it seems necessary to point out that this IS a book of humor. Rating:  - I'm sureI'm sure that the material is very fun to read. My library has an online copy of this and that's how I got access to it. There was one name in my general music history class that our professor stressed for us to spell right and it was that of Johannes Ockeghem. Now, as I was reading the chapter on Josquin des Prez, the word O-K-E-G-H-E-M jumps out at me like a cat out of water. If you're going to include tne name of a composer, at least spell his name right. |
