From the Book - Regular Print - Second edition.
Getting started with classical music. Prying open the classical music oyster ; The entire history of music in 80 pages ; Knowing how to spot a sonata
Listen up! Dave 'n' Scott's E-Z concert survival guide ; For your listening pleasure ; Intermission : taking a backstage tour
A field guide to the orchestra. Keyboards & Co. ; Strings attached ; Gone with the woodwinds ; The top (and bottom) brass ; Percussion's greatest hits
Peeking into the composer's brain. The dreaded music theory chapter ; Once more, with feeling : tempo, dynamics, and orchestration
The part of tens. The ten most common misconceptions about classical music ; The ten best musical terms for cocktail parties ; Ten great classical music jokes ; Ten ways to get more music in your life
The appendixes. A, Starting a classical music collection ; B, Classical music timeline ; C, Glossary.
