Basic library of the World's Greatest Music - Audio Cassettes

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Summary: A succint exposition of the world's greatest composers
Review: Music has the ability to lift our spirits to the heights of Olympus, and the power to awaken our emotions. This book and it's corresponding tapes force one to realize the genius behind the word creation. Each of the composers in this compilation loved, hated, lost, gained, struggled, and triumphed. Did these composers choose to simply write about this? No, they chose to create music. Music that embodies each emotion, and at the same time reveals the motive force of each: imagination, creativity; intellect. The book is brief and yet poignant. Each composer's life and times are surveyed. Then Mr. Lambert takes the reader through a portion of each of the composer's pieces. With this he allows one to further appreciate each musical creation by pointing out the nuances that most of us would miss. The nuances that can stir our very souls. The beauty of this music is that each person finds something in it peculiar to themselves. The Christian finds the truth he has always known: beauty is a gift from God. The atheist finds what he knows is the truth: the genius of creative man is limitless. The lonely soul finds what he also needs; understanding and compassion. Mr. Lambert also supplements his book with trivia, crossword puzzles, and various questions in order to present not only a musical experience, but more importantly, an educational one. The only flaw with the Basic Library of The World's Greatest Music is that no CD format is currently available. But fear not, for just like the composers in this book who never rested in their quest for perfection, Mr. Lambert, mirroring this same creative genius, will not rest until his library is perfect: I have heard that a CD version will be available in the future!