GREAT MUSICIANS is a visually stunning guide to the composers and performers who have changed the course of music history,from ancient roots to modern classics. And see the ways in which music can be heard and performed.

Roots of Music

Early Musicians

Palestrina

Claudio Monteverdi

George Frideric Handel

Johann Sebastian Bach

Franz Joseph Haydn

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Ludwig van Beethoven

Franz Liszt

Richard Wagner

Giuseppe Verdi

Johannes Brahms

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Antonfn Dvorak

Richard Strauss

Ivor Stravinsky

Arnold Schoenberg

George Gershwin

Duke Ellington

Richard Rodgers

Dmitri Shostakovich

Leonard Bernstein

Ali Akbar Kahn

Pierre Boulez

Tom Takemitsu

Philip Glass

The Beatles

Bob Dylan

Michael Jackson

Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira

Youssou N'Dour

Milestones in Music

A-Z of Great Performers

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Glossary of Musical Terms

Index/Acknowledgements