{"id":19976,"date":"2021-04-16T17:14:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T17:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/?page_id=19976"},"modified":"2025-03-26T10:16:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T10:16:01","slug":"the-complete-book-of-the-great-musicians-by-percy-a-scholes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/the-complete-book-of-the-great-musicians-by-percy-a-scholes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Complete Book of the Great Musicians"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE GREAT MUSICIANS<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

by Percy A. Scholes<\/p>\n

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Description: <\/span>Contains in a single volume The First Book of the Musicians<\/em>, The Second Book of the Great Musicians<\/em>, and The Third Book of the Great Musicians<\/em>. A stimulating introduction to the major composers, the music they wrote, and the instruments they used. For each of the two dozen composers included, the author secures the reader’s interest by first relating stories of his childhood, then introducing representative pieces of his music, selected for appeal on first hearing. The reader is led on step by step to develop his listening skills, often through games of the author’s invention. As he is ready to learn more about various aspects of musical form and its development, a chapter appears explaining just that. With the author taking special care to show how the paths of the different musicians intertwine and how supportive they are of each other, it seems as if he is inviting the reader to join the musical community and equipping him to be an appreciative listener, if not a musician himself.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ages:  <\/strong>13-18<\/em>Length: <\/strong><\/span> <\/span>492 pages<\/span><\/em>Format:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Paperback<\/span><\/span><\/em>Illustrations:<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/strong> Black and white<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>Year published:<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>ISBN:<\/strong>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>978-1-63334-141-8<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Genres:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Music<\/span><\/em> <\/p>\n

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Table of Contents<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

THE FIRST BOOK OF THE GREAT MUSICIANS<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

1. The Country People as Composers2. English Music in the Days of Drake and Shakespeare3. Henry Purcell\u2014The Greatest British Composer4. George Frederick Handel5. John Sebastian Bach6. C-O-N-T-R-A-P-U-N-T-A-L\u2014A Big Word Explained7. All About Fugues and How To Listen to Them8. Haydn9. Mozart<\/em> <\/em><\/p>\n

10. Sonatas and Symphonies11. Beethoven12. What Is an Orchestra?13. Schumann14. Chopin15. What Is ‘Romantic Music’?16. Grieg and His Norwegian Music17. Edward Elgar18. Macdowell\u2014The American Composer<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

THE SECOND BOOK OF THE GREAT MUSICIANS<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

1.  Schubert2. The Inventor of the Nocturne: John Field3. Mendelssohn<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

4. About the Old Miracle Plays and Masques5. Oratorios6. The Earliest Operas7. More about Opera<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

8. Wagner<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

9. Verdi10. The Game of ‘Camouflaged Tunes’11. Organs12. Debussy13. Military Music14. Army Bands of To-day: How To Know the Instruments15. Sullivan<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

THE THIRD BOOK OF THE GREAT MUSICIANS<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

1. Brahms2. C\u00e9sar Franck3. Russian Music4. Tchaikovsky5. Clavichord\u2014Harpsichord\u2014Pianoforte6. Shakespeare the Musician7. More About British Music8. Arne, the Composer of ‘Rule, Britannia’9. Sterndale Bennett10. Parry11. A Little Dictionary of British Composers<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

An Inside View…<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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by Percy A. Scholes<\/p>\n

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Ludwig van Beethoven<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by George Upton<\/p>\n

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by Lucy C. Lillie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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