Music Theory
I would like to thank Mr. Perez for teaching me the fundamentals of music theory and immersing me in the arts, literature, history, and philosophy, further developing my appreciation for the humanities. Here are some readings we used in my old class at the European Academy of Music and Art.
Music
All of Music: The Life and Times of the Great Composers: 1000 Years of Classical Music – Vladimir Ashkenazy (foreword)
Salieri and the “Murder” of Mozart – Albert Borowitz
What to Listen for in Music – Aaron Copland
A History of Musical Style – Richard Crocker
The Essential Canon of Classical Music – David Dubal
Five Centuries of Keyboard Music – John Gillespie
Classical Music: The 50 Greatest Composers and Their 1,000 Greatest Works – Phil Goulding
The Pianist’s Dictionary – Maurice Hinson
Secret Lives of Great Composers: What Your Teachers Never Told You about the World’s Musical Masters – Elizabeth Lunday
The Lives of the Great Composers – Harold Schonberg
The Lives and Times of the Great Composers – Michael Steen
Literature
Don Quixote de la Mancha – Miguel de Cervantes
A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
History
A Little History of the World – E. H. Gombrich
Philosophy
The Story of Thought – Bryan Magee
Field Trips
- Library of Congress
- Hillwood Estate
- Metropolitan Museum of Art