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Music

A Very Short Introduction

by Nicholas Cook ...

Unabridged

4 hours 59 min

What is music? How is it constructed? How is it consumed? Why do you enjoy it at all? In Music: A Very Short Introduction, Nicholas Cook invites us to really think about music and the role it plays in our lives and our ears. Drawing on a number of accessible examples, the author prompts us to call on our own musical experiences in order to think more critically about the roles of the performers ... Read more

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What is music? How is it constructed? How is it consumed? Why do you enjoy it at all? In Music: A Very Short Introduction, Nicholas Cook invites us to really think about music and the role it plays in our lives and our ears. Drawing on a number of accessible examples, the author prompts us to call on our own musical experiences in order to think more critically about the roles of the performers
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Exit Stage Left

The curious afterlife of pop stars

by Nick Duerden ...

Narrated by Matt Bates ...

Unabridged

11 hours 38 min

'Exit Stage Left is the book I've long wanted to read about the PTSD-like after-effects of pop stardom - and Nick Duerden is the perfect writer for the job. The pop star's bittersweet lot - the mass adoration that comes with pop stardom, followed by the bathetic comedown of what inevitably follows - is represented with flair and empathy.' - Pete Paphides, author of Broken Greek'Fame is the ... Read more

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'Exit Stage Left is the book I've long wanted to read about the PTSD-like after-effects of pop stardom - and Nick Duerden is the perfect writer for the job. The pop star's bittersweet lot - the mass adoration that comes with pop stardom, followed by the bathetic comedown of what inevitably follows - is represented with flair and empathy.' - Pete Paphides, author of Broken Greek'Fame is the
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The Meaning of Jungkook

The Triumph of BTS and the Making of a Global Pop Superstar

by Monica Kim ...

Narrated by Nancy Wu ...

Unabridged

7 hours 14 min

Celebrate Jungkook, the once-in-a-generation talent at the center of BTS, in this illuminating look into the forces that have made him a global icon.Jungkook is one of the world’s biggest stars, period. His first album, Golden, sold more than 2 million copies on the day of its release and stayed on the Billboard 200 for twenty-four consecutive weeks*.* How did a young prodigy from South Korea make ... Read more

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Celebrate Jungkook, the once-in-a-generation talent at the center of BTS, in this illuminating look into the forces that have made him a global icon.Jungkook is one of the world’s biggest stars, period. His first album, Golden, sold more than 2 million copies on the day of its release and stayed on the Billboard 200 for twenty-four consecutive weeks*.* How did a young prodigy from South Korea make
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Why Bushwick Bill Matters

by Charles L. Hughes ...

Narrated by André Santana ...

Series series Why Music Matters
Unabridged

4 hours 15 min

In 1989 the Geto Boys released a blistering track, “Size Ain’t Shit,” that paid tribute to the group’s member Bushwick Bill. Born with dwarfism, Bill was one of the few visibly disabled musicians to achieve widespread fame and one of the even fewer to address disability in a direct, sustained manner. Initially hired as a dancer, Bill became central to the Geto Boys as the Houston crew became one ... Read more

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In 1989 the Geto Boys released a blistering track, “Size Ain’t Shit,” that paid tribute to the group’s member Bushwick Bill. Born with dwarfism, Bill was one of the few visibly disabled musicians to achieve widespread fame and one of the even fewer to address disability in a direct, sustained manner. Initially hired as a dancer, Bill became central to the Geto Boys as the Houston crew became one
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Heilsame Klänge für Tiere

by Ingrid Rose Fröhling, Lucien Majrich ...

Narrated by Ingrid Rose Fröhling ...

Unabridged

1 hour 2 min

Heilsame Klänge für Tiere sind zwei einzigartige Klangschalen-Kompositionen, die bei kleinen und großen Tieren tief entspannend wirken: In Stresssituationen, bei Ängsten und Krankheit werden sie ebenso eingesetzt, wie bei Autofahrten, bei Konflikten in Tierheimen und Ställen, aber auch bei der Therapie in Tierpraxen und Kliniken. Die Mutterton-Komposition wirkt ungemein entspannend, angstlösend ... Read more

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Heilsame Klänge für Tiere sind zwei einzigartige Klangschalen-Kompositionen, die bei kleinen und großen Tieren tief entspannend wirken: In Stresssituationen, bei Ängsten und Krankheit werden sie ebenso eingesetzt, wie bei Autofahrten, bei Konflikten in Tierheimen und Ställen, aber auch bei der Therapie in Tierpraxen und Kliniken. Die Mutterton-Komposition wirkt ungemein entspannend, angstlösend
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Huey Morgan's Rebel Heroes

The Renegades of Music & Why We Still Need Them

by Huey Morgan ...

Narrated by Huey Morgan ...

Unabridged

5 hours 15 min

The defining sounds of popular music - blues, rock 'n' roll, punk, hip-hop - were shaped and driven by rebel voices: whether that was Robert Johnson and Billie Holiday in the 1920-40s, or the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Joe Strummer in the 1960s and 70s. Truly ground- and rule-breaking voices have been drowned out by pop-by-numbers acts in more recent years, and in Rebel Heroes, Huey ... Read more

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The defining sounds of popular music - blues, rock 'n' roll, punk, hip-hop - were shaped and driven by rebel voices: whether that was Robert Johnson and Billie Holiday in the 1920-40s, or the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Joe Strummer in the 1960s and 70s. Truly ground- and rule-breaking voices have been drowned out by pop-by-numbers acts in more recent years, and in Rebel Heroes, Huey
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Ten Masterpieces of Music

by Harvey Sachs ...

Narrated by Paul Bellantoni ...

Unabridged

11 hours 40 min

In this magisterial volume, Harvey Sachs, author of the highly acclaimed biography Toscanini, takes listeners into the heart of ten great works of classical music?works that have endured because they were created by composers who had a genius for drawing music out of their deepest wellsprings. These masters?Mozart and Beethoven; Schubert, Schumann, Berlioz, Verdi, and Brahms; Sibelius, Prokofiev, ... Read more

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In this magisterial volume, Harvey Sachs, author of the highly acclaimed biography Toscanini, takes listeners into the heart of ten great works of classical music?works that have endured because they were created by composers who had a genius for drawing music out of their deepest wellsprings. These masters?Mozart and Beethoven; Schubert, Schumann, Berlioz, Verdi, and Brahms; Sibelius, Prokofiev,
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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung

by Lester Bangs ...

Narrated by Ramiz Monsef ...

Unabridged

16 hours 22 min

Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung contains the wild and brilliant writings of Lester Bangs—the most outrageous and popular rock critic of the 1970s—edited and with an introduction by the reigning dean of rock critics, Greil Marcus. ... Read more

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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung contains the wild and brilliant writings of Lester Bangs—the most outrageous and popular rock critic of the 1970s—edited and with an introduction by the reigning dean of rock critics, Greil Marcus.
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My Life, My Own Melody

by Sumi Jo ...

Narrated by Erin Lee ...

Unabridged

1 hour 41 min

Korea's Own 'Voice from Above' Tells Her Story INCLUDES THE SINGLE 'LIFE IS A MIRACLE' by Giovanni Allevi, Federico Paciotti and Sumi Jo World's best bel canto soprano Sumi Jo tells the story of her own dramatic life in this candid autobiography. Out now both in Korean and English (*The Korean language version is narrated by the prima donna herself, and the English version by Erin Lee, a ... Read more

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Korea's Own 'Voice from Above' Tells Her Story INCLUDES THE SINGLE 'LIFE IS A MIRACLE' by Giovanni Allevi, Federico Paciotti and Sumi Jo World's best bel canto soprano Sumi Jo tells the story of her own dramatic life in this candid autobiography. Out now both in Korean and English (*The Korean language version is narrated by the prima donna herself, and the English version by Erin Lee, a
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Why Lhasa de Sela Matters

by Fred Goodman ...

Narrated by Lori Felipe-Barkin ...

Series series Why Music Matters
Unabridged

4 hours 35 min

An artist in every sense of the word, Lhasa de Sela wowed audiences around the globe with her multilingual songs and spellbinding performances, mixing together everything from Gypsy music to Mexican rancheras, Americana and jazz, chanson française, and South American folk melodies. In Canada, her album La Llorona won the Juno Award and went gold, and its follow-up, The Living Road, won a BBC World ... Read more

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An artist in every sense of the word, Lhasa de Sela wowed audiences around the globe with her multilingual songs and spellbinding performances, mixing together everything from Gypsy music to Mexican rancheras, Americana and jazz, chanson française, and South American folk melodies. In Canada, her album La Llorona won the Juno Award and went gold, and its follow-up, The Living Road, won a BBC World
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60 Songs That Explain the '90s

by Rob Harvilla ...

Narrated by Rob Harvilla ...

Unabridged

9 hours 6 min

A companion to the #1 music podcast on Spotify, this book takes readers through the greatest hits that define a weirdly undefinable decade.The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of genres and lifestyles and superstars, from grunge to hip-hop, from sumptuous R&B to rambunctious ska-punk, from Axl to Kurt to Missy to Santana to Tupac to Britney. ... Read more

$27.99 USD

A companion to the #1 music podcast on Spotify, this book takes readers through the greatest hits that define a weirdly undefinable decade.The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of genres and lifestyles and superstars, from grunge to hip-hop, from sumptuous R&B to rambunctious ska-punk, from Axl to Kurt to Missy to Santana to Tupac to Britney.
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The Death of Me

by Michelle Davies ...

Narrated by Susanna Wolff ...

Unabridged

9 hours 23 min

When Isaac Naylor committed suicide after a teenage fan was found dead in his hotel room, the world thought it had lost one of the greatest rock stars of a generation. Naylor, lead singer of The Ospreys, had been arrested for causing the girl's death and was on police bail when he drowned himself in the sea off the Devon coast, leaving two notes addressed to his bandmates and his younger brother, ... Read more

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When Isaac Naylor committed suicide after a teenage fan was found dead in his hotel room, the world thought it had lost one of the greatest rock stars of a generation. Naylor, lead singer of The Ospreys, had been arrested for causing the girl's death and was on police bail when he drowned himself in the sea off the Devon coast, leaving two notes addressed to his bandmates and his younger brother,
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Why the Beach Boys Matter

by Tom Smucker ...

Narrated by Joe Hempel ...

Series series Music Matters
Unabridged

4 hours 21 min

Of all the white American pop music groups that hit the charts before the Beatles, only the Beach Boys continued to thrive throughout the British Invasion to survive into the 1970s and beyond. The Beach Boys helped define both sides of the era we broadly call the sixties, split between their early surf, car, and summer pop and their later hippie, counterculture, and ambitious rock. No other group ... Read more

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Of all the white American pop music groups that hit the charts before the Beatles, only the Beach Boys continued to thrive throughout the British Invasion to survive into the 1970s and beyond. The Beach Boys helped define both sides of the era we broadly call the sixties, split between their early surf, car, and summer pop and their later hippie, counterculture, and ambitious rock. No other group
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Прислушайся к музыке, к звукам, к себе

by М Фейбер ...

Narrated by Лев Ганкин ...

Series series Внесерийное
Unabridged

13 hours 17 min

Книг о музыке — об исполнителях, коллективах, эпохах и жанрах — великое множество. Но мало кто задается вопросом: а что происходит внутри нас, когда мы слушаем музыку? Известный нидерландский писатель, автор романов «Багровый лепесток и белый», «Побудь в моей шкуре» и «Книга странных новых вещей» Мишель Фейбер в своем первом нон-фикшене обращается как к преданным меломанам, так и к тем, для кого ... Read more

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Книг о музыке — об исполнителях, коллективах, эпохах и жанрах — великое множество. Но мало кто задается вопросом: а что происходит внутри нас, когда мы слушаем музыку? Известный нидерландский писатель, автор романов «Багровый лепесток и белый», «Побудь в моей шкуре» и «Книга странных новых вещей» Мишель Фейбер в своем первом нон-фикшене обращается как к преданным меломанам, так и к тем, для кого
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La música que nos define

¿A qué suena el soundtrack de tu vida?

by JESUS FRANCISCO ALANIS BENITEZ ...

Narrated by JESUS FRANCISCO ALANIS BENITEZ ...

Unabridged

3 hours 11 min

LA MÚSICA NO SE CREA NI SE DESTRUYE, SOLO SE TRANSFORMASi tuvieras que explicarle a un alien qué diablos es la música, ¿cómo lo harías? Nada fácil, ¿cierto? Porque la música está presente en nuestra vida desde que nacemos, con las canciones que marcan nuestro primer amor y ruptura, hasta las que algunos eligen para partir. La música nos recuerda los mejores momentos</strong... ... Read more

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LA MÚSICA NO SE CREA NI SE DESTRUYE, SOLO SE TRANSFORMASi tuvieras que explicarle a un alien qué diablos es la música, ¿cómo lo harías? Nada fácil, ¿cierto? Porque la música está presente en nuestra vida desde que nacemos, con las canciones que marcan nuestro primer amor y ruptura, hasta las que algunos eligen para partir. La música nos recuerda los mejores momentos</strong...
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50 Jahre Beatles

50 Jahre Beatles in Hamburg

by Horst Fascher ...

Narrated by Horst Fascher ...

Abridged

2 hours 37 min

PARALLEL ZUR DVD "50 JAHRE BEATLES IN HAMBURG ERSCHEINT DIESES ATTRAKTIVE HÖRBUCH EBENSO MIT DERSLEBEN MUSIK - CD ALS BONUS UND NATÜRLICH MIT DEN ZAHLREICHEN SPANNENDEN GESCHICHTEN, ERZÄHLT VOM ALTMEISTER HORST FASCHER ... Read more

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PARALLEL ZUR DVD "50 JAHRE BEATLES IN HAMBURG ERSCHEINT DIESES ATTRAKTIVE HÖRBUCH EBENSO MIT DERSLEBEN MUSIK - CD ALS BONUS UND NATÜRLICH MIT DEN ZAHLREICHEN SPANNENDEN GESCHICHTEN, ERZÄHLT VOM ALTMEISTER HORST FASCHER
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Learning To Read Guitar Music How and Why

by Ged Brockie ...

Narrated by Ged Brockie ...

Unabridged

31 min

Do you play the guitar and wish you could read music? Perhaps you have thought or heard that reading music and playing the guitar is difficult. If so, this audio book is for you.This audio book contains a discussion by professional guitarist of international reputation Ged Brockie on why as a guitarist you should consider learning to read music and the reasons why it will change your musical life. ... Read more

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Do you play the guitar and wish you could read music? Perhaps you have thought or heard that reading music and playing the guitar is difficult. If so, this audio book is for you.This audio book contains a discussion by professional guitarist of international reputation Ged Brockie on why as a guitarist you should consider learning to read music and the reasons why it will change your musical life.
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Histoires Analogues

by Michel-Olivier Gasse ...

Narrated by Michel-Olivier Gasse, Louis-José Houde, Karyne Lefebvre ...

Unabridged

3 hours 17 min

C’est les histoires d’un gars qui écoute beaucoup de musique et qui achète des disques depuis toujours. Des histoires qui font état de la place qu’un album, une chanson ou une pochette peut occuper dans une vie. Des histoires de musique adorée ou de musique subie. Ce n’est pas un palmarès ni un ramassis de suggestions ; ce sont quarante textes qui prennent chacun leur point de départ dans un album ... Read more

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C’est les histoires d’un gars qui écoute beaucoup de musique et qui achète des disques depuis toujours. Des histoires qui font état de la place qu’un album, une chanson ou une pochette peut occuper dans une vie. Des histoires de musique adorée ou de musique subie. Ce n’est pas un palmarès ni un ramassis de suggestions ; ce sont quarante textes qui prennent chacun leur point de départ dans un album
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Wrestling Superstars Entrance Themes 2

by Abbas Schirmohammadi, Abbas Schirmohammadi, Abbas Schirmohammadi ...

Narrated by Abbas Schirmohammadi ...

Abridged

46 min

Wrestling Superstars Entrance Themes Liebe Wrestling-Fans! Ich bin Christof Haas und 1. Vorsitzender der EWS – Erding Wrestling Show. Ihr kennt mich sicher auch unter meinem Kampfnamen "Nobody". Als ich 2005 die EWS gründete, dachte ich nicht im Traum daran, dass wir heute zu den beliebtesten und bestbesuchten Wrestling-Ligen Deutschlands zählen. Wir veranstalten unsere Events in ganz Bayern. ... Read more

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Wrestling Superstars Entrance Themes Liebe Wrestling-Fans! Ich bin Christof Haas und 1. Vorsitzender der EWS – Erding Wrestling Show. Ihr kennt mich sicher auch unter meinem Kampfnamen "Nobody". Als ich 2005 die EWS gründete, dachte ich nicht im Traum daran, dass wir heute zu den beliebtesten und bestbesuchten Wrestling-Ligen Deutschlands zählen. Wir veranstalten unsere Events in ganz Bayern.
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Vince Ebert: Die jetzt aber wirklich große Show!

Stand-up Kabarett

by Vince Ebert ...

Narrated by Vince Ebert ...

Abridged

53 min

Comedy ist wie das Leben: Am einen Tag geht's runter, am anderen läufts auch nicht gut! Vince Ebert, geboren am 23.5.68 im Odenwald, hatte als Diplomphysiker gar keine Wahl: Er musste auf die Comedy-Bühne. 1998 mit dem ersten Soloprogramm gestartet, kam er schnell auf die Bühnen renommierter deutscher Theater und ins Fernsehen: Ottis Schlachthof im BR, WDR Nightwash, Mitternachtsspitzen, Pro ... Read more

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Comedy ist wie das Leben: Am einen Tag geht's runter, am anderen läufts auch nicht gut! Vince Ebert, geboren am 23.5.68 im Odenwald, hatte als Diplomphysiker gar keine Wahl: Er musste auf die Comedy-Bühne. 1998 mit dem ersten Soloprogramm gestartet, kam er schnell auf die Bühnen renommierter deutscher Theater und ins Fernsehen: Ottis Schlachthof im BR, WDR Nightwash, Mitternachtsspitzen, Pro
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Along the Cherry Lane

Tales from the Life of Music Industry Legend Milton Okun

by Richard Sparks, Milton Okun, Milton Okun ...

Narrated by Richard Sparks, Jason Culp, Amanda Carlin, Lee Holdridge, Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

8 hours 31 min

John Denver said, “I have a producer who looks like an accountant, and an accountant who looks like a producer.” Soberly dressed, unflashy, and a trained classical musician, in the golden age of the music business Milt Okun stood out by not standing out. His legacy does that for him. He discovered and launched John Denver, and mentored him throughout his career. He created arrangements for Peter, ... Read more

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John Denver said, “I have a producer who looks like an accountant, and an accountant who looks like a producer.” Soberly dressed, unflashy, and a trained classical musician, in the golden age of the music business Milt Okun stood out by not standing out. His legacy does that for him. He discovered and launched John Denver, and mentored him throughout his career. He created arrangements for Peter,
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Rob Halford's Heavy Metal Scriptures

by Rob Halford ...

Narrated by Rob Halford ...

Unabridged

12 hours 38 min

The Metal God, himself, Rob Halford—lead vocalist of Judas Priest and author of the critically acclaimed and reader-beloved autobiography, Confess—delivers yet again, now with the bible of hard rock and heavy metal, all in his enlightening, hilarious, and one-of-a-kind voice.Rob Halford has long been known for his legendary voice. As the front man of Judas Priest, his vocals have been tremendous, ... Read more

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The Metal God, himself, Rob Halford—lead vocalist of Judas Priest and author of the critically acclaimed and reader-beloved autobiography, Confess—delivers yet again, now with the bible of hard rock and heavy metal, all in his enlightening, hilarious, and one-of-a-kind voice.Rob Halford has long been known for his legendary voice. As the front man of Judas Priest, his vocals have been tremendous,
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The Vintage Guide to Classical Music

An Indispensable Guide for Understanding and Enjoying Classical Music

by Jan Swafford ...

Narrated by Peter Coates ...

Unabridged

19 hours 37 min

The most readable and comprehensive guide to enjoying over five hundred years of classical music -- from Gregorian chants, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and beyond.The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is a lively—and opinionated—musical history and an insider's key to the personalities, epochs, and genres of the Western classical ... Read more

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The most readable and comprehensive guide to enjoying over five hundred years of classical music -- from Gregorian chants, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and beyond.The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is a lively—and opinionated—musical history and an insider's key to the personalities, epochs, and genres of the Western classical
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Jauchzet ihr Himmel, frohlocket ihr Engel

by Anselm Grün, Hans-Jürgen Hufeisen ...

Narrated by Anselm Grün ...

Series series Anselm Grün HÖREN
Abridged

1 hour 26 min

Anselm Grün meditiert die bekanntesten und beliebtesten Weihnachtslieder. Zwischen den Textpassagen spielt Hans-Jürgen Hufeisen u. a. Bearbeitungen dieser wunderbaren Melodien: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her O du fröhliche Zu Behtlehem geboren ... Read more

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Anselm Grün meditiert die bekanntesten und beliebtesten Weihnachtslieder. Zwischen den Textpassagen spielt Hans-Jürgen Hufeisen u. a. Bearbeitungen dieser wunderbaren Melodien: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her O du fröhliche Zu Behtlehem geboren
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