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If it Ain't Baroque: More Music History as it Ought to be Taught [Paperback]

David W. Barber (Author), Dave Donald (Illustrator)

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Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Sound And Vision Publishing Ltd ,Canada (Sep 1992)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0920151159
ISBN-13: 978-0920151150
Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15 x 1.3 cm
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 902,123 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This work is a history of music with mirth! Learn and laugh at the same time, whatever your musical abilities or aspirations. Having taken a lighter look at the great composers of history, "If It Ain't Baroque..." aims to do the same with their greatest works. From symphonies to solos, from motets to madrigals and masses, this volume humorously yet informatively tells the reader everything they need to know. If you like to laugh while you learn, this is the book for you.

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For its goal, easily a 5! 30 Jan 2003

By A. Lee - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Paperback

I was unfamiliar with Barber's works and from the title expected the book to accompany my Mus 312 class on Baroque Music History and focus completely on that. (whoops) The book's real goal is a comical approach to music history in its entirety. None the less, I still read the book and enjoyed it immensely. I wish I would have had this (and now Barber's other books which I also highly recommend) for my Mus 100 class (Introduction to Music Masterpieces). Barber's books take the information a textbook offer in an easygoing and funny way. Had my professor assigned all of Barber's Music History books together instead of a normal textbook for an Introduction to Music History, I would have left with the same knowledge a textbook offers but having enjoyed many more laughs along the way. Informative yet funny, how can you lose with that?

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

It ain't broke 23 Oct 2009

By M. Albers - Published on Amazon.com

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This second book of music history is just as good and as funny as the first, Bach, Beethoven and the Boys - Tenth Anniversary Edition!: Music History As It Ought To Be Taught. More about musical genres than composers, it takes one on hilarious whirlwind tour of music from the earliest times to the present. Dave Donald's illustrations add a humorous touch all their own. Another "must have" book for any music lover.

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Magic fingers 6 July 2009

By David J. Deacon - Published on Amazon.com

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A great CD from a Great Artist... He teaches at the CSUS Jazz Camp with the Widner Band and is as good a teacher as he is an artist ... Would highly recommend this CD .....

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