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Sachs (Curtis Inst. of Music, Philadelphia; Toscanini: Musician of Conscience) takes readers on a breezy, informative tour of classical music from the 18th-20th centuries. Sachs chose 10 masterpieces to be the book's guideposts, one each by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Berlioz, Verdi, Brahms, Sibelius, Prokofiev, and Stravinsky. Sachs admits that he chose these works somewhat arb...Log In or Sign Up to Read More