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Неполная и окончательная история классической музыки
by
Stephen Fry
От издателя: Стивен Фрай, подтверждая свою репутацию человека-оркестра, написал историю классической музыки, которую вы и держите в руках. Но если вы думаете, что знаменитый острослов породил нудный трактат с перечислением имен и дат, то, скорее всего, вы заблудились в книжном магазине и сухой учебник стоит поискать на других полках. Всех же остальных ждет волшебное путеше...more
Hardcover, 544 pages
Published
2007
(first published 2004)
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Законченно, но не окончательно
Елена Карпос-Дедюхина
Рецензия на книгу "Неполная и окончательная история классической музыки"
автор: Стивен Фрай
Законченно, но не окончательно
Автор рецензии: Дедюхина Елена
Дата публикации: 12 июля 2007 г.
Это книга об истории музыки. Истории окончательной – не подлежащей пересмотру или отмене и неполной – не вполне законченной, не исчерпывающей. Здесь нет противоречия – во фраевской философии ...more
Елена Карпос-Дедюхина
Рецензия на книгу "Неполная и окончательная история классической музыки"
автор: Стивен Фрай
Законченно, но не окончательно
Автор рецензии: Дедюхина Елена
Дата публикации: 12 июля 2007 г.
Это книга об истории музыки. Истории окончательной – не подлежащей пересмотру или отмене и неполной – не вполне законченной, не исчерпывающей. Здесь нет противоречия – во фраевской философии ...more
Feel like an enjoyable ride through the history of music? Come on - hop on the Fry express!
Multi-talented Stephen Fry takes his readers on an educational and interesting journey through time, starting with the very beginnings of music and going on into the 20th century. Short, wittily titled chapters describe developments in music theory, composition, instruments and general trends in the world of music in chronological order and introduce important composers. All this is sprinkled w...more
Multi-talented Stephen Fry takes his readers on an educational and interesting journey through time, starting with the very beginnings of music and going on into the 20th century. Short, wittily titled chapters describe developments in music theory, composition, instruments and general trends in the world of music in chronological order and introduce important composers. All this is sprinkled w...more
Igor Stravinsky provocatively said that Vivaldi had not written hundreds of concertos, but one concerto, repeated hundreds of times.
... катасрофически устаю от назойливого стёба Фрая! боюсь, эта книга будет дебютантом новой книжной полки "dropped" ...
I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland. -- Woody Allen
Домучил, если бы не на аудио и не такая интересная тема самой книги, то давно бы бросил. Дело вовсе не в том,...more
... катасрофически устаю от назойливого стёба Фрая! боюсь, эта книга будет дебютантом новой книжной полки "dropped" ...
I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland. -- Woody Allen
Домучил, если бы не на аудио и не такая интересная тема самой книги, то давно бы бросил. Дело вовсе не в том,...more
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This book attempts to be a basic and humourous history of western Classical music from the year dot to practically the present day. It is based on a radio series that Steven Fry did for Classic FM a little while ago.
As I've said above, this is an attempt, and I don't think the book really achieves what it sets out to do. Yes its mildly funny in places, but the same tired jokes crop up over and over and over again. It is written very much in Steven Fry's style, but I guess the radio s...more
As I've said above, this is an attempt, and I don't think the book really achieves what it sets out to do. Yes its mildly funny in places, but the same tired jokes crop up over and over and over again. It is written very much in Steven Fry's style, but I guess the radio s...more
First of all I appreciate this book isn't actually written by Mr Fry, but has rather been transcribed by Tim Linhoreau after following Stephen around with a dictaphone around for a few weeks. Or at least that's the impression you get.
The writing style is conversational at best, whimsical at worst. For the first few hundred paces, the style is interesting and one will appreciate the little word plays. But these word plays and continual diversions do start to tire after the two thir...more
The writing style is conversational at best, whimsical at worst. For the first few hundred paces, the style is interesting and one will appreciate the little word plays. But these word plays and continual diversions do start to tire after the two thir...more
Oh, this was hard work. I was vastly disillusioned until I realised, thanks to an eagle-eyed reviewer below, STEPHEN FRY DID NOT WRITE THIS BOOK, it was the Classic FM guy. So it's a book loosely based on Stephen Fry's opinions of classical music, with which I largely, give or take, agreed.
What's with the Gilbert & Sullivan-bashing though? Given the book's penchant for highly artificial construction, truly awful puns and incessant 'witty' asides, I would have thought it was right up their str...more
What's with the Gilbert & Sullivan-bashing though? Given the book's penchant for highly artificial construction, truly awful puns and incessant 'witty' asides, I would have thought it was right up their str...more
horribly written. excruciating use of language, and embarrassingly poor jokes. sort of blaming that on the hired writer person, or the fact that it was commissioned by classic fm?
also, it tends to go into details about things like what brahms had for breakfast and completely omit things like temperament.
most of the time i was reading it i had that embarrassment-on-behalf-of-someone-else, like seeing a really bad play.
also, it tends to go into details about things like what brahms had for breakfast and completely omit things like temperament.
most of the time i was reading it i had that embarrassment-on-behalf-of-someone-else, like seeing a really bad play.
Just brilliant. I'm not a big reader of non-fiction, and I was never particularly motivated to learn about classical music, but Stephen Fry's writing style not only got me through the book but had me reaching for pen and paper to write lists of music I should seek out and try. I'm sure I've enjoyed reading other books more but this got 5 stars from me not just for being an enjoyable read, but for continuing to inspire after I've closed the book.
I read this book, not because I am a fan of classical music, but rather a fan of Stephen Fry.
I don't actually dislike classical music, as such. I just have not ever really sat down and really listened to much of it. Having read this book now, however, I just might do that now. The one thing that I didn't like all that much about this books was its chatty nature. I don't mind humour and a narrative style but a lot of this books was rambling in nature. It could have benefited from some heavy ...more
I don't actually dislike classical music, as such. I just have not ever really sat down and really listened to much of it. Having read this book now, however, I just might do that now. The one thing that I didn't like all that much about this books was its chatty nature. I don't mind humour and a narrative style but a lot of this books was rambling in nature. It could have benefited from some heavy ...more
The depth and richness of classical music history is in itself a major problem - too often they can look very much like text from Musicology 1A, or what's worse, Musicology 2A. Fry avoids all this by taking quite an irreverent attitude to the composers, from "Eddie the Eagle" Elgar to "Mad Hector" Berlioz. This keeps it very light and easy to read, while at the same time imparting a ton of information about music from medieval times to the 21st century. Lots of listening re...more
Good read, but not as funny as I thought it would be. It does however make music history interesting and accessible.
Now I understand that's nothing to be shame of if you're teenager and do like opera:)
Don't forget to read the footnotes.
Silly, but it is totally incomplete and I think a few things need to be fact checked, having read several Shostakovitch books he should have said the pravda review said 'Muddle instead of Music' instead of chaos in music. I wish he'd just ignore history and art (albeit it is interesting) and stop banging on about how beautiful every other name in the book is. It's cute to begin, but as someone else said the jokes are repeated again and again and again. I'm glad to have it finished. FINALLY.
Milena March
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People interested in classical music
Stephen Fry is a gifted comedian, but I must admit I was a little shocked to discover he knew anything about Classical music. I'd been wanting to improve my knowledge on that score for some time, but I'd never found a readable history of classical music before. This book was in that sense a godsend; though at certain points I did find my attention wavering, in general I found this book easy to read and very entertaining.
Good book for lodging the most important names of classical music in your brain and putting them in context with the history that was going on as the composers wrote. The "wacky" humour gets a little grating after a while, but generally the book is an easy read.
It is very much like the other books put out by Classic FM. Very very little substance. I continue reading it because there are bits and pieces of interesting information, and I happen to like Stephen Fry's humour. It is more a podium for Fry. Okay for me, not so great for people who don't care for him. If you're after information about classical music, don't bother reading it.
Mildly diverting but not really worth reading either for the predictable Fry-esque humour or the insights into classical music history.
Good, but would actually be even better without the silliness, which detracts from the surprisingly interesting history.
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