Masters of music: their works, their lives, their times / Dorothy and Joseph Samachson.

Author/creator Samachson, Dorothy
Other author Samachson, Joseph, 1906-1980.
Format Book
Publication InfoGarden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1967.
Descriptionix, 272 pages : illustrations, facsimiles (including music), portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Man and music in the very beginning -- Composer and musician in the middle ages -- From the Renaissance to the Baroque -- The Baroque period -- From the Baroque to the Classical -- From Classical music to the dawn of the Romantic -- The Romantic period -- The later Romantics -- The rise of nationalism -- Composers in the new world -- Modern composers -- Half the human race.
Abstract The development of great music told in terms of the composers.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 67010705