The Gift Of Music: Great Composers And Their Influences
by Carlson, Betty; Jane Stuart Smith
- Used
- Condition
- Very good, some label residue and bumping on covers, otherwise text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked.
- ISBN 10
- 0891072934
- ISBN 13
- 9780891072935
- Seller
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About This Item
Westchester, IL: Crossway, 1985. reprint. p/b. Very good, some label residue and bumping on covers, otherwise text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked.. C (216 x 135). One of the finest achievements of Western culture is its brilliant heritage of classical music. A Gift of Music looks at the lives of the greatest composers who have given us this heritage, and especially at how their music was shaped by their beliefs. The result is a remarkable and inspiring book, showing the importance of Christian faith for many composers, and the effect of this upon their music. But it also shows how the lack of faith has brought profound change in the meaning and form of contemporary music. Thus A Gift of Music seeks to open up a whole new world of music--to encourage listening to the finest compositions with new understanding and pleasure, and to stretch our ears and imaginations. It is a book which will be greatly appreciated by those who already love classical music, and by others who want to explore this delightful world for the first time.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132640
- Title
- The Gift Of Music: Great Composers And Their Influences
- Author
- Carlson, Betty; Jane Stuart Smith
- Format/Binding
- P/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, some label residue and bumping on covers, otherwise text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- reprint
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0891072934
- ISBN 13
- 9780891072935
- Publisher
- Crossway
- Place of Publication
- Westchester, IL
- Date Published
- 1985
- Pages
- 255
- Keywords
- music, history, composers, faith, Christianity, Carlson, Stuart Smith
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.30 g
- Size
- C (216 x 135)
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INKLINGS & YARNSPINNERSA new online bookshop forFIRST & SIGNED EDITIONS, RARE BOOKSA particular focus on:- The Oxford Inklings with their Friends & Influences (C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Barfield, Williams, Chesterton, Macdonald, Sayers, etc)- Great 20th Century Novelists (e.g. Graham Greene & John le Carré; Anthony Powell & Evelyn Waugh; P. D. James etc)- Great 20th Century Poets (e.g. T. S. Eliot, John Masefield, Walter de la Mare, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Stevie Smith, W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Dylan Thomas, etc)- Christian Theology (e.g. from library sales)
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