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 Info | Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1967. |
| Description | ix, 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 note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 67010705 |