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Book of Classical Music Lists - Hardcover

Herbert Kupferberg

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More than 100 lists of musical things from the trivial (Opera Characters named Don) to the useful (Operatic Schools and Composers) - all fascinating to a music buff. Besides an Opera section there are sections on Composers and Compositions, Forms and Instruments, and others.

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Shakespeare's plays in music, sports in music, a list of operatic suicides, Faust in music, historical personages in music, musical marriages, a look at Metropolitan Opera ticket prices from the Met's first year until nowthese are just some of the more than 100 lists that make up this most fascinating collection of facts, trivia, and musical minutiae compiled by well-known author, critic, and journalist Kupferberg. But there is also an immense store of handy information here, much that would be difficult, if not impossible to find elsewhere. The list "Earning a Living in Opera" would have saved this librarian much frustration in coping with a reader's question only last week. Well-written, well-researched, and well-organized, this book deserves a spot in any music collection. William Shank, CUNY Grad. School Library
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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