Inside Music: How to Understand, Listen to, and Enjoy Good Music

Karl Haas, creator and host of the internationally syndicated radio program "Adventures in Good Music," has an inimitable flair for bringing classical music to life.This is a definitive and fascinating reference work for anyone who loves classical music and wants to learn more about its many aspects and dimensions."

Author: Karl Haas
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 09/01/1991
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.08d
ISBN: 9780385417747

About the Author
Karl Haas was born in Germany in 1913. Before fleeing to America in 1936 due to the rise of Nazism, he studied piano with Artur Schnabel and received a doctorate in music literature from Heidelberg University. Haas was best known for his radio program, Adventures in Good Music, which became the world's most popular classical music radio program. He was awarded the Charles Frankel Prize from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1991. In 1997, he became the first classical music broadcaster to be inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame. Haas passed away in 2005.