The Enjoyment of Music Author:Joseph Machlis The Third Edition of The Enjoyment of Music takes into account the remarkable expansion of musical experience available today. As the repertory of concerts and recordings stretches further into the past, more deeply into the music of the classic and romantic eras, and more immediately up to the present day, so this new, revised, and completely ... more »reset edition of the most widely used book of its kind presents more information and guidance for the novice listener in all these areas.« less
An introduction to Contemporary Music and the Great American Composers of our time... Joseph Machlis is a Professor of Music at Queens College in New York. Very nice book with pictures and illustrations.