This volume collects over 100 of the most celebrated and frequently played compositions by world composers. Based on the author's survey of dozens of American orchestras, these are works that we all recognize, but who's history we may not know.
From Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring" to Gustav Holst's "The Planets" and Igor Stravinsky's "Le sacre du printemps", "Masterworks of 20th-Century Music" collects over 100 of the most celebrated and frequently played compositions by world composers.