Designed for those unversed in composition or music theory, Experiencing Beethoven places Beethoven's compositions within the changing context of his personal and professional life and social and cultural milieu. As part of the Listener's Companion series, this volume offers rea…
Experiencing Beethoven: a listener's companion
Experiencing Beethoven, music historian Geoffrey Block explores in layman's terms a highly representative body of about two dozen Beethoven instrumental and vocal works, offering listeners who know him well, or are just discovering him, an opportunity to grasp the breadth and de…
This new second edition of Enchanted Evenings offers theater lovers an illuminating behind-the-scenes tour of some of America's best loved, most admired, and most enduring musicals.Readers will find such all-time favorites as Show Boat, Carousel, Kiss Me, Kate, Guys and Dolls, M…
This second edition offers theater lovers an illuminating behind-the-scenes tour of some of America's best musicals. Geoffrey Block provides a documentary history of each of the eighteen musicals he discusses. He reveals how the American musical evolved from the 1920s to today, …
This second edition offers theater lovers an illuminating behind-the-scenes tour of some of America's best musicals. Geoffrey Block provides a documentary history of each of the eighteen musicals he discusses. He reveals how the American musical evolved from the 1920s to today, …