The Gift of Music: Great Composers and Their Influence
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...
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Fascinating descriptions of 40 leading composers whose faith—or lack of it—had an influence on Western civilization. Indexed. Great for all students of music.
