{"product_id":"the-concerto-a-listeners-guide-listeners-guide-series","title":"The Concerto: A Listener's Guide (Listener's Guide Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Steinbergs 1996 volume The Symphony: A Readers Guide received glowing reviews across America. It was hailed as \"wonderfully clear...recommended warmly to music lovers on all levels\" (Washington Post)  \"informed and thoughtful\" (Chicago Tribune)  and \"composed by a master stylist\" (San Francisco Chronicle). Seiji Ozawa wrote that \"his beautiful and effortless prose speaks from the heart.\" Michael Tilson Thomas called The Symphony \"an essential book for any concertgoer.\" Now comes the companion volume--The Concerto: A Listeners Guide. In this marvelous book  Steinberg discusses over 120 works  ranging from Johann Sebastian Bach in the 1720s to John Adams in 1994. Readers will find here the heart of the standard repertory  among them Bachs Brandenburg Concertos  eighteen of Mozarts piano concertos  all the concertos of Beethoven and Brahms  and major works by Mendelssohn  Schumann  Liszt  Bruch  Dvorak  Tchaikovsky  Grieg  Elgar  Sibelius  Strauss  and Rachmaninoff. The book also provides luminous introductions to the achievement of twentieth-century masters such as Arnold Schoenberg  Bela Bartok  Igor Stravinsky  Alban Berg  Paul Hindemith  Sergei Prokofiev  Aaron Copland  and Elliott Carter. Steinberg examines the work of these musical giants with unflagging enthusiasm and bright style. He is a master of capturing the expressive  dramatic  and emotional values of the music and of conveying the historical and personal context in which these wondrous works were composed. His writing blends impeccable scholarship  deeply felt love of music  and entertaining whimsy. Here then is a superb journey through one of musics richest and most diverse forms  with Michael Steinberg along as host  guide  and the best of companions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44956064153653,"sku":"ByrdShop_0195139313","price":42.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195139310.jpg?v=1770316311","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-concerto-a-listeners-guide-listeners-guide-series","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}