The classical music lover's companion to orchestral music / Robert Philip.

Robert Philip, scholar, broadcaster, and musician, has compiled an essential handbook for lovers of classical music, designed to enhance their listening experience to the full. Covering four hundred works by sixty-eight composers from Corelli to Shostakovich, from 1700 to 1950, this engaging compani...

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Main Author: Philip, Robert, 1945- (Author)
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Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]
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