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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 781.68
EAN: 9780764550096
ISBN: 0764550098
Label: For Dummies
Manufacturer: For Dummies
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: August 21, 1997
Publisher: For Dummies
Sales Rank: 38991
Studio: For Dummies
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Rating:  - A bit too sardonic???
I basically enjoy the "Dummies" books... I find the information often extremely insightful and helpful. It also is a great pleasure to order the books through amazon.com and be spared the 'embarrassment' of having to march up to the local bookstore counter with a "Dummies" book in tow. That being said, this book at times seems painfully silly. Although obviously now somewhat dated, comparing Paganini to "Saddam Hussein," Vivaldi to a "Xerox machine," and commenting that without Beethoven, "we'd ... Read More
Rating:  - classical music appreciation and theory
This book is incredibly well written. It was totally absorbing, entertaining and informative. By the time I finished it, I felt like I had earned a degree in classical music appreciation and another in music theory.
Rating: - Great book
My husband had never been exposed to classical music and when we got married, he wanted to be able to carry on a conversation with the rest of my family. He has loved this book and it has really taught him a lot about classical music.
Rating:  - humor overpowers the content
You have to be careful with the Dummies series. Some authors use humor with discretion, others, as in this case, lard on so much humor that it gets in the way of learning and turns what should be a pleasure into an ordeal of extracting the useful information from the attempt at clever wise-cracks, puns and general satire.
Yes, there is information here if you are willing to work to get it, but a good 50% of the text is gratuitous laughs. There are other books, such as "The Classical Music ... Read More
Rating: - Really gets you up to speed on classical music
If you love--or would like to at least understand--classical music, then this is the book to read. It is fun, quick and not so technical or snooty as many books on this subject. In fact, it's not snooty at all. I learned a bunch I had no idea of, reaffirmed things I did know, and corrected several misconceptions. Read this if you are going to be around "high-brow" snooty types and then just smile quietly as they rattle on and on. Little will they know that you "understand the language."
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