Charting the Classics: Classical Music in Diagrams

by Tim Lihoreau, Daniel Ross, Darren Henley

Overview

A witty and fun graphic depiction of the classical music world
 
With this fun and lighthearted book, readers can see the world of classical music as it's never been seen before. Using flow charts, pie charts, Venn diagrams, checklists, graphs, and other ingenious graphics, the authors have neatly represented many favorite pieces of classical music, musicians, and composers, along with insights on orchestras, concert etiquette, and much more, in nearly 100 simple and amusing images. Music fans will be delighted by this alternative representation of the classical music world, surprised by some of the connections, and, yes, stumped by the occasional puzzle—but immensely satisfied once they have worked them all out. This humorous collection is a must for both classical music fans and puzzle enthusiasts—it's also a witty and fun gift for music lovers of all stripes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783961009
Publisher:	Elliott & Thompson
Publication date:	04/01/2015
Sold by:	INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP - EPUB - EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Tim Lihoreau is Classic FM's creative director, and the coauthor of The Classic FM Hall of Fame, The Classic FM Quiz Book, Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music, and many other titles. Daniel Ross is online editor at Classic FM. He has written extensively on music online and in print magazines. Darren Henley is managing director of Classic FM. He has written many books on music, including The Classic FM Hall of Fame and Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Classical Music . . . But Were Too Afraid to Ask.

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Charting the Classics

Classical Music in Diagrams

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By Tim Lihoreau, Daniel Ross, Darren Henley, Jon Wainwright

Elliott and Thompson Limited

Copyright © 2014 Classic FM Ltd
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-78396-100-9

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INTRODUCTION

Every day on Classic FM, we're lucky enough to broadcast the world's greatest music to our millions of listeners up and down the UK.

As well as playing brilliant recordings of the finest examples of the genre, made by the greatest soloists, ensembles and orchestras, we're always on the lookout for other ways to share classical music that are slightly different and rather more offbeat. So, for this brand new book, we decided to take some of the best- loved pieces of classical music and to present them as a collection of mathematical diagrams and charts that you might more normally expect to see as part of a business presentation.

There has long been a connection between classical music and mathematics, and there's no better example of this than the composer Johann Sebastian Bach. He was fascinated with all things numerical, particularly the number 14. The attraction to these digits came after he gave each of the letters in his surname a number depending on where it comes in the alphabet. You'll find references to 14 in many of his musical works.

There's no right or wrong way to read this book, but each diagram illustrates a different classical work. You can check out the full list of which classical work is on which page in the index at the back.

We broadcast the classical charts every week on Classic FM, based on sales of classical music CDs and digital downloads, so it's been a novel experience for us to create charts that involve reading, rather than listening. We hope that you have as much fun looking at them as we have had in putting them together. Suitable building sites for Jerusalem

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