The Symphony: A Listener's Guide
- ISBN-10
- 0195126653
- ISBN-13
- 9780195126655
- Series
- The Symphony
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 678
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- Michael Steinberg
Description
Presents an exhaustive listener's guide to the symphony, replete with musical examples, biographical details, historical background, and commentaries on more than one hundred major works
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