Classical Music Encyclopedia

Author: Shi Yingzhao (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: This book strives to present classical music as comprehensively and systematically as possible. Therefore, its organization is extremely simple and clear, and in the main text, overlapping content is avoided as much as possible. For example, composers such as Mahler and Paganini occupy significant space, so no additional effort is wasted on them in the sections on conductors and violinists. As for Bach, he is relatively brief in the composer section because he will still occupy a large portion in the works section. In short, everything is done with the reader in mind—no waste, and if the reader finishes this book without wasting a moment, we believe they will have basically grasped Western classical music or, at the very least, obtained the key to continue their pilgrimage toward classical music.