The Gift of Music
by Betty Carlson Author, Jane Stuart Smith Author
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.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 089107869X
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 44
- Pages
- 320
- Suggested Grades
- 4th - 12th
- Historical Setting
- 1585 - 1975
- Publisher
- Crossway Books
- Copyright
- 1995
Chapters
- 1 Schutz
- 2 Vivaldi
- 3 Bach
- 4 Handel
- 5 Haydn
- 6 Mozart
- 7 Beethoven
- 8 Rossini
- 9 Schubert
- 10 Strauss Family
- 11 Berlioz
- 12 Mendelssohn
- 13 Chopin
- 14 Robert & Clara Schumann
- 15 Liszt
- 16 Wagner
- 17 Verdi
- 18 Bruckner
- 19 Brahms
- 20 Saint-Saens
- 21 Tchaikovsky
- 22 Dvorak
- 23 Faure
- 24 Puccini
- 25 Mahler
- 26 Debussy
- 27 Delius
- 28 Richard Strauss
- 29 Sibelius
- 30 Joplin
- 31 Vaughan Williams & Britten
- 32 Rachmaninoff
- 33 Schoenberg
- 34 Ives
- 35 Ravel
- 36 Falla, Albeniz, & Granados
- 37 Bartok
- 38 Stravinsky
- 39 Prokofiev
- 40 Gershwin
- 41 Poulenc
- 42 Shostakovich
- 43 Shakespeare's Influence on Great Composers
- 44 Christmas Carols
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