Declassified a low-key guide to the high-strung world of classical music
"In Declassified, Warsaw-Fan Rauch blows through the cobwebs of elitism and exclusion and invites everyone to love and hate this music as much as she does. She offers a backstage tour of the industry and equips you for every listening scenario, covering: the 7 main compositional periods (even the so...
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New York :
G. P. Putnam's Sons,
2022.
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Table of Contents:
- Classical Music Isn't a Thing : A Very Biased Overview of 1,400 Years of Music
- Talent Isn't a Thing, Either : Okay, Fine, So It's a Thing, but It's Not as Much of a Thing as You Think
- Classical Music Is for Snobs : But It's Also for You
- Conductors Are Assholes : And Other Popular Archetypes of the Classical Music Industry
- Million- Dollar Baby Grands (and Violins) : The Literal Price of Excellence
- Welcome to the Jailyard : The Truth about Competition in Classical Music
- It's Easy to Get Lost : Navigating a Composition- and a Career in Classical Music
- Sometimes There Are Curses : Beethoven's Hair, Mozart's Requiem, and Other Superstitions of the Classical Universe
- They're Not All Symphonies : All the Pretty (Kinds of) Pieces
- Romantic in the Candle- Lined- Hot- Tub Sense of the Word : Famous (and Not So Famous) Love Stories of Classical Music
- Here Comes the Bride : The I Dos and I Don'ts of Wedding and Event Music
- How to Be a Listener : How to Hear (and Truly Appreciate) Classical Music
- One more viola joke.
