Classical Music For Dummies. Scott Speck

Oratorios and Other Choral Works Operas, Operettas, and Arias Overtures and Preludes Ballets and Ballerinas String Quartets and Other Motley Assortments Why Do You Need a Form, Anyway?

      6  Part 2: Listen Up! Chapter 4: Dave ’n’ Scott’s E-Z Concert Survival Guide™ Preparing — or Not Knowing When to Arrive at the Concert Can I Wear a Loincloth to The Rite of Spring? The Gourmet Guide to Pre-Concert Dining Figuring Out Where to Sit — and How to Get the Best Ticket Deals To Clap or Not to Clap: That’s the Question Who to Bring and Who to Leave at Home with the Dog Recognizing Which Concerts to Attend — or Avoid — on a Date Peeking at the Concert Program Introducing the Concertmaster Enter the Conductor Chapter 5: For Your Listening Pleasure 1 Handel: Water Music Suite No. 2: Alla Hornpipe 2 Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue in C Major 3 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat, Third Movement 4 Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, First Movement 5 Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Third Movement 6 Dvořák: Serenade for Strings, Fourth Movement 7 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Fourth Movement 8 Debussy: La Mer: Dialogue du Vent et de la Mer 9 Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring: Opening to the End of Jeu de Rapt Intermission: Backstage Tour Living in the Orchestral Fishpond What I Did for Love Going through an Audition The Life of an Orchestra Musician, or What’s Going on in the Practice Room? Selling the Product Understanding Contract Riders The Strange and Perilous Relationship between an Orchestra and Its Conductor Why an Orchestra Career Is Worth the Grief

      7  Part 3: A Field Guide to the Orchestra Chapter 6: Keyboards & Co. The Piano The Harpsichord The Organ The Synthesizer Chapter 7: Strings Attached The Violin The Other String Instruments Chapter 8: Gone with the Woodwinds The Flute The Piccolo The Oboe The English Horn The Clarinet The Saxophone The Bassoon Chapter 9: The Top (and Bottom) Brass Making a Sound on a Brass Instrument The French Horn The Trumpet The Trombone The Tuba Pet Peeves of the Brassily Inclined Chapter 10: Percussion’s Greatest Hits The Timpani The Bass Drum The Cymbals The Snare Drum The Xylophone Other Xylo-like Instruments More Neat Instruments Worth Banging

      8  Part 4: Peeking into the Composer’s Brain Chapter 11: The Dreaded Music Theory Chapter I’ve Got Rhythm: The Engine of Music Understanding Pitch: Beethoven at 5,000 rpm Making the Leap into Intervals