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Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Most books on mythology are primarily concerned with the Greek and Roman tradition, giving the equally vibrant myths of other cultures short shrift. Providing a much-needed solution to this problem, this unique guide offers wide-ranging and thorough coverage of non-classical mythological figures, from the Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas to Zu, the lion-headed Sumerian storm bird. With its global, multicultural perspective, Who's Who in Non-Classical Mythology presents exciting and readable accounts of the gods, heroes, and myths of Europe (including the Celts, Teutons, Slavs, and Basques) , the Americas, Africa, Australia, China, Japan, and Indonesia. For those interested in a fresh approach to world mythology it is indispensable; for lovers of the classical tradition it will open up a whole new world.; 235 pages.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copies in very good, slightly edge-dulled dust wrappers. Remains a well-preserved set overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; complete in 4 volumes : illustrations (some colour) ; 30 cm. Volume ISBNs; 0195053702 ; 9780195053708 ; 0195053710 ; 9780195053715 ; 0195053729 ; 9780195053722 ; 0195053737 ; 9780195053739. Notes; Includes index. Contents; Volume I. Classical music and its origins. Foreword / Michael Raeburn, Alex Kendall -- Introduction / Paul Griffiths & Roland de Cande -- Interlude: the basis of Western music -- Medieval music / Albert Seay & Denis Stevens -- Interlude: music at the court of the Emperor Maximilian -- The Renaissance / Alec Harman -- Monteverdi, opera, and oratorio / John Whenham -- Germany before Bach / Frederick Hudson -- The Italian Baroque / Arthur Hutchings & Eric Cross -- Interlude: Baroque stage machinery -- Music in France in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries / Roger Blanchard & Wilfrid Mellers -- Interlude: Henry Purcell and English stage music -- Johann Sebastian Bach / Basil Lam -- Interlude: the Baroque organ -- George Frideric Handel / Anthony Ford -- The classical style / David Wyn Jones -- Interlude: the orchestra in the eighteenth century -- C. W. Gluck and the reform of opera / Julian Rushton -- Interlude: the keyboard concerto -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Julian Rushton -- Joseph Haydn / Peter Brown -- Biographical dictionary of composers / Malcolm Boyd & Brian Richardson. -- Volume II. The Romantic era. The age of Beethoven and Schubert / Otto Biba & Denis Matthews -- Ludwig van Beethoven / Alan Kendall & Basil Lam -- Interlude: from harpsichord to pianoforte -- Beethoven's symphonies / Antony Hopkins -- Beethoven and the string quartet / Denis Matthews -- Franz Schubert / Otto Biba & Brian Newbould -- Interlude: Goethe and music -- Schubert's songs / Philip Radcliffe -- Romantic music / Carl Dahlhaus -- Carl Maria von Weber / Ludwig Finscher -- Interlude: a revolution in wind instruments -- Hector Berlioz / Julian Rushton -- Frédéric Chopin / Philip Radcliffe -- Interlude: the traveling virtuoso: Niccolò Paganini -- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy / R. Larry Todd -- Robert Schumann / Bernard Keefe -- The operatic tradition / Robert Donington -- Interlude: the romantic ballet -- Gioachino Rossini / Benedict Sarnaker -- Vincenzo Bellini and Gaetano Donizetti / Roger Parker & William Ashbrook -- Interlude: scribe and the Paris opéra -- Giuseppe Verdi / Roger Parker -- Giacomo Puccini / William Ashbrook -- Biographical dictionary of composers / Virgil Pomfret, Benedict Sarnaker & Celia Duffy. -- Volume III. The nineteenth-century legacy. National styles in the nineteenth century: France and Russia / Martin Cooper -- Franz Liszt / Hamish Milne -- Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Paul Griffiths -- Interlude: the Russian ballet -- Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin / Justin Connolly -- Modest Petrovich Musorgsky [Mussorgsky] / Paul Griffiths -- Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov / Roy Wilkinson -- Interlude: a Nordic romantic nationalist: Edvard Grieg -- César Franck / Roy Wilkinson -- Camille Saint-Saëns / Ronald Crichton -- Music in the era of the emperor Franz Joseph / Heinz Becker -- Richard Wagner / Robert Anderson -- Interlude: the Bayreuth Festspielhaus -- Johannes Brahms / Heinz Becker -- Interlude: the music critic: Eduard Hanslick -- Anton Bruckner / Constantin Floros -- Interlude: the Austro-Hungarian empire -- Bed?ich Smetana ; Antonín Dvo?ák / Kurt Honolka -- Interlude: the songs of Hugo Wolf -- Gustav Mahler / Constantin Floros -- Richard Strauss / Heinz Becker -- Biographical dictionary of composers / Noel Broome & Gudrun Becker. -- Volume IV. Music in the twentieth century. Music of the new century / Felix Aprahamian -- Gabriel Fauré / Ronald Crichton -- Interlude: the conservatoire -- Claude Debussy / Felix Aprahamian -- Interlude: the Spanish Renaissance -- Ravel, Roussel, Satie and Les Six / Felix Aprahamian -- Sergei Rach. …

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