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This book explores the world of opera, from its origins in the early seventeenth century to the present day.

This book discusses Beethoven's life and explores in detail the make-up of orchestras of that day, as well as the compositions that made Beethoven immortal.

This book traces the history and development of jazz through its instrumentalists and singers and explains how jazz forms came to influence and merge with Broadway show music, the swing bands of the 1930s and 1940s, the rock-and-roll of the 1950s and the electronic music of today.