
50 Moments that Rocked the Classical Music World
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- Intro
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Banging and Blowing: The First Musical Instruments
- 2 Sing a Song of Christmas: The Development of the Carol
- 3 Getting it Written Down: The Introduction of Musical Notation
- 4 Changing the Tune: The First Use of Polyphony
- 5 The Cruellest Cut: Castrati Come to Prominence
- 6 Strike Up the Band: The Invention of the Symphony
- 7 Making it in a Man's World: Hildegard of Bingen
- 8 Sharing the Music: The Invention of the Printing Press
- 9 By Royal Appointment: The Master of the King's Musick
- 10 Music and Movement: The First Ballet
- 11 Baroque 'n' Roll: A New Musical Era
- 12 A Capital Hit: Handel in London
- 13 Religious Change: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation
- 14 Words and Music: The First Opera
- 15 The World's Greatest Opera House: La Scala, Milan
- 16 Classic Discovery: Another Era of Change
- 17 The Instrument-Maker Extraordinaire: Antonio Stradivari
- 18 Taking the Orchestra to Another Level: Hector Berlioz
- 19 The World's First Classical Music Superstar: Franz Liszt
- 20 Romanticism Arrives: Beethoven's 'Eroica'
- 21 Putting on a Show: The Founding of the Royal Philharmonic Society
- 22 Beating Time: The Baton and the Conductor
- 23 Rewriting the Rules: The 'Tristan Chord'
- 24 A New World Order: Impressionism and Classical Music
- 25 A Matter of Record: The Invention of the Gramophone
- 26 Musical Numbers: The Advent of Serialism
- 27 We Predict a Riot: Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring
- 28 The Lure of the Silver Screen: The First Film Soundtrack
- 29 A New Polish: 'Furniture Music'
- 30 Making Money and All That Jazz: George Gershwin
- 31 Back to the Future: The Rediscovery of Vivaldi's Violin Concertos
- 32 Silence Is Golden: John Cage's 4'33
- 33 The TV Age: Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts
- 34 After This Break: Classical Music and Advertising
- 35 Russian Revolution: The Death of Joseph Stalin
- 36 The Pianist Who Conquered Russia: Van Cliburn
- 37 Cartoon Classics: Walt Disney's Fantasia
- 38 Less Is More: The Introduction of Minimalism
- 39 Hitting the Right Note: The 1980 International Chopin Piano Competition
- 40 The Medium Is the Message: The Invention of the Compact Disc
- 41 New Ways of Doing Business: The Budget Classical Label
- 42 On Top of the World: The Three Tenors in Rome
- 43 Music for the Masses: Classic FM Is Born
- 44 Classical - But Not as You Know It: Crossover Music
- 45 Digital Dexterity: Composing on Computer
- 46 Music as Peace: The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
- 47 The Next Generation: The Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra and El Sistema
- 48 Technology Changes Everything Again: The Digital Download Revolution
- 49 World Wide Web: Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir
- 50 Could Video Kill the Classical Star? Videogame Soundtracks
- Where to Find Out More
- Acknowledgements
- About the Authors
- Index
- Copyright
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