This book may be small enough to keep in your pocket, but it's also stuffed full of facts about music, not always entirely objectively expressed (the bassoon's just like a didgeridoo wearing too much jewellery). It tackles more than 125 subjects ranging from Beethoven to film music. It answers some long overdue questions along the way (why are conductors like support tights?). All this in one tiny book. If it had seams, they'd be bursting.

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