Essential Classical Music (with CD)

Author: Herb Corsten
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Professor Corsten's The Music Survival Guide – Essential Classical Music is one of the best introductory books on classical music in recent years. The book perfectly reflects Professor Corsten's decades of teaching experience and profound expertise in classical music. The New York Times Book Review praised the book as: "A truly masterful work; every classical music enthusiast should own a copy!" In Essential Classical Music, Professor Corsten selects hundreds of the most famous Western classical compositions, recommends the best recorded performances, and introduces the legendary musical careers of many of the masters we are familiar with, such as Bach, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Mozart. We do not live for music, but we cannot survive without it. It is hard to imagine life without music—it would be like an angel breaking its wings, leaving us adrift in an immense void, with life losing its color and vitality. Nothing can carry the depth of human emotion and kindness quite like music. It touches the most sensitive and tender parts of our hearts, offering us comfort and encouragement. Open Essential Classical Music, listen to the classics, get closer to the masters, let them walk alongside us, let classical music be with us, and let music lead us to soar above the city, bathed in sunlight, blossoms, and dust.