The Daily Book of Classical Music

The Daily Book of Classical Music

by Leslie Chew, Scott Spiegelberg, Dwight DeReiter, Cathy Doheny, Colin Gilbert, Greenwood, Travers Huff, Susanna Loewy, Melissa Maples, Jeff McQuilkin
Released September 2010
Publisher(s): Walter Foster
ISBN: 9781610586061

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Book description

Now aficionados of this timeless genre can learn something about classical music every day of the year! Readers will find everything from brief biographies of their favorite composers to summaries of the most revered operas.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. Day 1. Medieval Music (400–1400)
  6. Day 2. Binary Form
  7. Day 3. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
  8. Day 4. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor
  9. Day 5. Dido and Aeneas
  10. Day 6. The Orchestra
  11. Day 7. Music Theory
  12. Day 8. Arena Di Verona
  13. Day 9. Mozarthaus Vienna
  14. Day 10. Beethoven and Rosemary’s Baby
  15. Day 11. Early Medieval (Before 1150)
  16. Day 12. Ternary
  17. Day 13. Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
  18. Day 14. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
  19. Day 15. Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
  20. Day 16. The String Section
  21. Day 17. Ear Training and Sound Recognition
  22. Day 18. Carnegie Hall
  23. Day 19. The International Chopin Festival
  24. Day 20. Khachaturian’s Adagio in 2001: A Space Odyssey
  25. Day 21. High Medieval (1150–1300)
  26. Day 22. Inner Forms 1: Motive
  27. Day 23. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809–1847)
  28. Day 24. Air on the G String
  29. Day 25. Don Giovanni
  30. Day 26. The Violin
  31. Day 27. What is Musical Form?
  32. Day 28. Royal Albert Hall
  33. Day 29. Get in Line...Early
  34. Day 30. Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” in Help
  35. Day 31. Late Medieval (1300–1400)
  36. Day 32. Minuet and Trio
  37. Day 33. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873–1943)
  38. Day 34. Adagio for Strings
  39. Day 35. Cosi Fan Tutte
  40. Day 36. The Viola
  41. Day 37. How we Perceive Musical Form
  42. Day 38. La Fenice
  43. Day 39. Moab Music Festival, Utah
  44. Day 40. Benjamin and the Man Who Knew Too Much
  45. Day 41. Renaissance (1400–1600)
  46. Day 42. Inner Forms 2: The Sentence
  47. Day 43. Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
  48. Day 44. The Four Seasons
  49. Day 45. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
  50. Day 46. The Cello
  51. Day 47. Music as Organized Sound
  52. Day 48. Sydney Opera House
  53. Day 49. London Handel Festival
  54. Day 50. Gustav Mahler and Death in Venice
  55. Day 51. Renaissance—Notation (1400–1600)
  56. Day 52. Da Capo Aria
  57. Day 53. Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
  58. Day 54. Clair de Lune
  59. Day 55. Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
  60. Day 56. The Double Bass
  61. Day 57. Music Notation
  62. Day 58. The Metropolitan Opera House
  63. Day 59. Verbier Festival
  64. Day 60. Classical Music Television Broadcasts
  65. Day 61. Renaissance—Instruments (1400–1600)
  66. Day 62. Inner Forms 3: Subphrase and Phrase
  67. Day 63. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
  68. Day 64. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor
  69. Day 65. La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
  70. Day 66. The Hurdy-Gurdy
  71. Day 67. Building Blocks
  72. Day 68. Massey Hall
  73. Day 69. Aspen Music Festival and School
  74. Day 70. Raging Bull and “Intermezzo” from Cavalleria Rusticana
  75. Day 71. Renaissance—Time Periods (1400–1600)
  76. Day 72. Suite
  77. Day 73. Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
  78. Day 74. Rhapsody in Blue
  79. Day 75. La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker)
  80. Day 76. The Woodwind Section
  81. Day 77. Notation of Rhythm and Meter
  82. Day 78. Vienna State Opera House
  83. Day 79. Boston Early Music Festival
  84. Day 80. Strauss and 2001: A Space Odyssey
  85. Day 81. Baroque Music (1600–1750)
  86. Day 82. Theme and Variations
  87. Day 83. Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
  88. Day 84. Nocturne No. 2 in E Flat Major
  89. Day 85. Norma
  90. Day 86. The Flute
  91. Day 87. Tempo and Italian Terminology
  92. Day 88. Symphony Hall, Boston
  93. Day 89. Music Still Floats Through the Halls
  94. Day 90. Puccini’s “O Mio Babbino Caro” and A Room with a View
  95. Day 91. Early Baroque (1600–1650)
  96. Day 92. Inner Forms 4: The Period
  97. Day 93. Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
  98. Day 94. Canon in D major
  99. Day 95. L’elisir D’amore (The Elixir of Love)
  100. Day 96. The Clarinet
  101. Day 97. Melody
  102. Day 98. La Monnaie, Brussels
  103. Day 99. Newport Music Festival
  104. Day 100. All that Jazz—and Vivaldi Too
  105. Day 101. Middle Baroque (1650–1700)
  106. Day 102. Rondo
  107. Day 103. Hector Berlioz (1803–1869)
  108. Day 104. Three Gymnopédies
  109. Day 105. Lucia di Lammermoor
  110. Day 106. The Oboe
  111. Day 107. Harmony and Chords
  112. Day 108. Suntory Hall, Tokyo
  113. Day 109. Puccini Festival
  114. Day 110. The Planets are Everywhere
  115. Day 111. Late Baroque (1680–1750)
  116. Day 112. Concerto Grosso
  117. Day 113. Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
  118. Day 114. Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”)
  119. Day 115. Rigoletto
  120. Day 116. The Bassoon
  121. Day 117. Intervals, Modes, and Emotions
  122. Day 118. Mariinsky Theatre
  123. Day 119. Glimmerglass Opera
  124. Day 120. Bach and the Silence of the Lambs
  125. Day 121. Classical Period (1750–1825)
  126. Day 122. Canon
  127. Day 123. Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
  128. Day 124. Ave Maria
  129. Day 125. La Traviata (The Woman Who Strayed)
  130. Day 126. The Brass Section
  131. Day 127. The Minor Modes
  132. Day 128. Musikverein, Vienna
  133. Day 129. Festival D’aix en Provence
  134. Day 130. Pachelbel and Ordinary People
  135. Day 131. Rococo/Galant
  136. Day 132. Scherzo
  137. Day 133. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
  138. Day 134. Symphony No. 94 (“Surprise”)
  139. Day 135. Aida
  140. Day 136. The Trumpet
  141. Day 137. Flats, Sharps, and Naturals
  142. Day 138. Place Des Arts, Montreal
  143. Day 139. Dresden Music Festival
  144. Day 140. Mozart in Out of Africa
  145. Day 141. Classicism: First Viennese School (1760–1775)
  146. Day 142. Sarabande
  147. Day 143. Aaron Copland (1900–1990)
  148. Day 144. Peter and the Wolf
  149. Day 145. Otello (Othello)
  150. Day 146. The French Horn
  151. Day 147. Gravity and Tonality in Music
  152. Day 148. Royal Opera House, London
  153. Day 149. Glyndebourne
  154. Day 150. Barber and Platoon
  155. Day 151. Classicism: First Viennese School (1775–1790)
  156. Day 152. Fugue
  157. Day 153. Charles Ives (1874–1954)
  158. Day 154. “Moonlight” Sonata
  159. Day 155. Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
  160. Day 156. The Trombone
  161. Day 157. Tonic Rules
  162. Day 158. Vigado, Budapest
  163. Day 159. Oregon Bach Festival
  164. Day 160. Bellini and the Bridges of Madison County
  165. Day 161. Classicism: First Viennese School (1790–1825)
  166. Day 162. Sonata
  167. Day 163. Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
  168. Day 164. Blue Danube
  169. Day 165. Lohengrin
  170. Day 166. The Tuba
  171. Day 167. Cadences
  172. Day 168. Royal Festival Hall, London
  173. Day 169. Rossini Opera Festival
  174. Day 170. Moon Music
  175. Day 171. Romanticism
  176. Day 172. Waltz
  177. Day 173. Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
  178. Day 174. Missa Papae Marcelli
  179. Day 175. Tristan und Isolde
  180. Day 176. The Percussion Section
  181. Day 177. Diatonic and Chromatic Scales
  182. Day 178. Festspielhaus, Bayreuth
  183. Day 179. Edinburgh International Festival
  184. Day 180. Mozart’s “Romance: Andante” and Alien
  185. Day 181. Sturm und Drang (Storm and Stress)
  186. Day 182. Concerto
  187. Day 183. Gustav Holst (1874–1934)
  188. Day 184. Peer Gynt
  189. Day 185. Faust
  190. Day 186. The Timpani
  191. Day 187. Key Relationships
  192. Day 188. Konzerthaus, Vienna
  193. Day 189. Banff Summer Arts Festival
  194. Day 190. Walt Disney’s Fantasia
  195. Day 191. Early Romanticism
  196. Day 192. Madrigal
  197. Day 193. Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
  198. Day 194. The Rite of Spring
  199. Day 195. Roméo et Juliette (Romeo and Juliet)
  200. Day 196. Tuned Percussion
  201. Day 197. Seventh Chords
  202. Day 198. Hungarian State Opera House
  203. Day 199. Beethovenfest Bonn
  204. Day 200. Ravel and 10
  205. Day 201. Late Romanticism
  206. Day 202. Ballad
  207. Day 203. Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
  208. Day 204. Adagio for Strings and Organ in G Minor
  209. Day 205. Les Pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers)
  210. Day 206. Carillon
  211. Day 207. Monophonic Music
  212. Day 208. Theatre Des Champs-Elysees
  213. Day 209. Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
  214. Day 210. Elgar and Elizabeth I
  215. Day 211. 20th-Century Music
  216. Day 212. Toccata
  217. Day 213. Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
  218. Day 214. Boléro
  219. Day 215. Carmen
  220. Day 216. The Glockenspiel
  221. Day 217. Polyphonic Music
  222. Day 218. Gewandhaus, Leipzig
  223. Day 219. Handel House Museum
  224. Day 220. Black & Decker® and Rimsky-Korsakov
  225. Day 221. Romantic Style
  226. Day 222. Passacaglia
  227. Day 223. Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
  228. Day 224. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
  229. Day 225. Samson et Dalila
  230. Day 226. Indefinite Pitched Percussion
  231. Day 227. Homophonic Music
  232. Day 228. Bolshoi Theatre
  233. Day 229. The Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival
  234. Day 230. British Airways and “Flower Duet”
  235. Day 231. Impressionism
  236. Day 232. Mazurka
  237. Day 233. Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
  238. Day 234. Requiem
  239. Day 235. Les Contes d’Hoffmann
  240. Day 236. Indefinite Pitch Orchestral Drums
  241. Day 237. Implied Harmony
  242. Day 238. National Theatre, Munich
  243. Day 239. Ravinia Festival
  244. Day 240. Grieg and Nescafé®
  245. Day 241. Expressionism
  246. Day 242. Chamber Music
  247. Day 243. Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
  248. Day 244. The Nutcracker
  249. Day 245. Manon
  250. Day 246. The Piano
  251. Day 247. Contemporary Harmony and Polytonality
  252. Day 248. La Scala
  253. Day 249. The Stradivari Museum and the Ancient Instruments Collection
  254. Day 250. Prokofiev and Lexus
  255. Day 251. Futurism (1910–1930)
  256. Day 252. Symphony
  257. Day 253. Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
  258. Day 254. Appalachian Spring
  259. Day 255. Boris Godunov
  260. Day 256. The Harpsichord
  261. Day 257. Suspended Fourths and Quartal Harmony
  262. Day 258. Concertgebouw
  263. Day 259. Salzburg Festival
  264. Day 260. Classical Music in a Sitcom
  265. Day 261. Second Viennese School
  266. Day 262. March
  267. Day 263. Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
  268. Day 264. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  269. Day 265. Cavalleria Rusticana (Rustic Chivalry)
  270. Day 266. The Clavichord
  271. Day 267. Sounds Like Change
  272. Day 268. Berlin State Opera House
  273. Day 269. Tanglewood Music Festival
  274. Day 270. Orff and Old Spice®
  275. Day 271. Neoclassicism
  276. Day 272. Mass
  277. Day 273. Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
  278. Day 274. Music for 18 Musicians
  279. Day 275. I Pagliacci (Clowns)
  280. Day 276. The Celesta
  281. Day 277. Getting Lost in Opera
  282. Day 278. Eszterhaza
  283. Day 279. Marlboro
  284. Day 280. The Barber of Seville and Ragú®
  285. Day 281. Electronic Music/Music Concrète
  286. Day 282. Trio Sonata
  287. Day 283. George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
  288. Day 284. Symphony No. 40
  289. Day 285. Hänsel und Gretel (Hansel and Gretel)
  290. Day 286. The Harp
  291. Day 287. Atonality and German Expressionism
  292. Day 288. Walt Disney Concert Hall
  293. Day 289. Lucerne Festival
  294. Day 290. Turning Classical into Rock
  295. Day 291. Contemporary Music (1945–1970)
  296. Day 292. Rotational Form
  297. Day 293. Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
  298. Day 294. Meditation
  299. Day 295. La Bohème (The Bohemian)
  300. Day 296. The Classical Guitar
  301. Day 297. Arnold Schoenberg and 12-Tone Music
  302. Day 298. Opernhaus, Zurich
  303. Day 299. American Classical Music Hall of Fame
  304. Day 300. Rock Band Yes and Classical Music
  305. Day 301. Postmodern Music
  306. Day 302. Prelude
  307. Day 303. Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
  308. Day 304. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
  309. Day 305. Tosca
  310. Day 306. The Pipe Organ
  311. Day 307. Bloop! Bleep! Every Element Can Be Serialized!
  312. Day 308. Teatro Carlo Felice
  313. Day 309. Monteverdi Festival
  314. Day 310. Classical Melodies in Rock Music
  315. Day 311. Minimalism (1960S and ’70s)
  316. Day 312. Chaconne
  317. Day 313. François Couperin “le Grand” (1668–1733)
  318. Day 314. Messiah
  319. Day 315. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly)
  320. Day 316. The Bagpipe
  321. Day 317. “Chance,” “Aleatory,” or “Stochastic” Music
  322. Day 318. Mozarteum
  323. Day 319. Bachfest Leipzig and Bach Museum
  324. Day 320. The Beatles
  325. Day 321. Neoromanticism (1930S, 1950S, and Now)
  326. Day 322. Fantasia
  327. Day 323. Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
  328. Day 324. Träumerei
  329. Day 325. Turandot
  330. Day 326. The Human Voice
  331. Day 327. The Sensuous, Whole-Tone French
  332. Day 328. Großes Festspielhaus
  333. Day 329. Verdi Festival
  334. Day 330. The More, the Merrier
  335. Day 331. Postminimalism/Totalism
  336. Day 332. Character Piece
  337. Day 333. Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
  338. Day 334. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (“Choral”)
  339. Day 335. Salome
  340. Day 336. The Serpent
  341. Day 337. Musique Concrète and “Found Objects”
  342. Day 338. National Theater and Concert Hall
  343. Day 339. Beethoven-Haus Bonn Museum
  344. Day 340. Sarah Brightman
  345. Day 341. New Simplicity and New Complexity
  346. Day 342. Cyclic Form
  347. Day 343. Amy Beach (1867–1944)
  348. Day 344. The Swan
  349. Day 345. Elektra
  350. Day 346. The Glass Armonica
  351. Day 347. American Jazz and Rock
  352. Day 348. Festspielhaus
  353. Day 349. Festival of the Sound
  354. Day 350. Classical Crossover
  355. Day 351. Art Rock Influence
  356. Day 352. Tone Poem
  357. Day 353. Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
  358. Day 354. Mass in B Minor
  359. Day 355. The Consul
  360. Day 356. The Vibraphone
  361. Day 357. Music Theory and you
  362. Day 358. Berlin Philharmonie
  363. Day 359. Spoleto Festival
  364. Day 360. Classical Music’s Influence on Film and Television Composers
  365. Day 361. World Music Influence
  366. Day 362. Invention
  367. Day 363. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
  368. Day 364. Wiegenlied (Lullaby)
  369. Day 365. Amahl and the Night Visitors
  370. Copyright Page

Product information

  • Title: The Daily Book of Classical Music
  • Author(s): Leslie Chew, Scott Spiegelberg, Dwight DeReiter, Cathy Doheny, Colin Gilbert, Greenwood, Travers Huff, Susanna Loewy, Melissa Maples, Jeff McQuilkin
  • Release date: September 2010
  • Publisher(s): Walter Foster
  • ISBN: 9781610586061