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Non-Fiction Book Review

 Book Review on : The Great Composers
Author : Wendy Thompson
Main Points of the Book : 
1.
Composition through the ages
- Music as a Language
- Emergence of Composers
- Baroque Forms 
- Transition to Classicism
- The Romantic Heyday
- Dawn of a New Age
- Music of the Future
2. Lives and works of the Great Composers
a) The Middle Ages to the Renaissance
- Medieval and Polyphonic Music
b) The Baroque Era
- Harmony and Ornament
c) The Classical Period
- Music of the Enlightenment
d) The Romantic Era 
- Drama and Poetry in Music
e) The Rise of Nationalism
- The Nationalist Movement
f) The Later Romantics
- Music on the Grand Scale
g) The Early Twentieth Century
- Music in a New Framework
h) Music since World War II
-  Modern Music

Comments

Some comments?

How do you find the book? Who are your favourite composers? What have you learnt from the Great Composers?

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