WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

Hailey Buckley
Sep 4, 2018 · 5 min read

The history of Western music, for those who love tidy compartments, can be divided into six recognizable periods: Mediaeval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern. These labels are useful enough, as a rough guide to what went on. But they are, of course, inexact. They overlap, especially at turning-points. Should William Excestre, for instance, be catalogued as Late-Mediaeval or Early-Renaissance? And is Richard Strauss the last…

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Alphabeticon

"Alphabeticon" is a series of small books about men and women, past and present, who have been important in various fields of human endeavour, such as the arts and sciences, politics, religion, sport, and so on. Each volume contains twenty-six chapters; alphabetically arranged.

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