'Da da da daaa! Da da da daaa!' If this exhausts your classical repertoire, MUSIC - A CRASH COURSE will come to your rescue. Find out what a conductor really does, consider the reasoning behind choral composition and ponder the history of the keyboard. Whether you want to bliss out on orgasmic Mozart or struggle with cerebral Stockhausen, MUSIC - A CRASH COURSE gives you the score.

- requires no previous knowledge of classical music
- covers everything from the first rudimentary note to heady symphonic sophistications
- dissects and explains the idioms of classical music
- clearly identifies musical styles and schools