Author: GRIFFITHS, PAUL.
Title: The Penguin Companion to Classical Music.
Description: First Edition; Thick Med. 8vo; pp. xi, 896; dustjacket; a fine copy. London; Penguin Books; 2004. This book provides a comprehensive A to Z guide to every aspect of some 1000 years of Western music. It explores in details the lives and achievements of a vast range of composers, from such giants as Bach, Mozart and Wagner to relatively unfamiliar but rewarding figures - Ali-Zadeeh, Balakauskas and Caldara among them. It discusses individual works, offers plot synopses of operas and ballets, and considers the careers of major performers.

Keywords: music composers works operas