50 music masterpieces. The popular history of classical music

Olga Leonenkova is a musicologist, author of the popular Channel "Cultspark" on Zen. The democratic format, light style and a lot of interesting information about classical music and musicians attracted a large audience to her blog. One of the angles of the “Cultspers” - an overview of famous musical works - formed the basis of this book.
In what life circumstances did the great composers create their most recognizable works? What is the secret of their irresistible attractiveness for millions of people around the world? And what are the mechanisms of popularity based on?
In this book you will find fascinating stories about the works of Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Prokofiev and other famous composers. Each chapter is a small short story about one of the classic masterpieces, music, about which anyone can say that “somewhere he heard it.”
By the way, you can listen to all these works without closing the book: at the beginning of the chapters there is a QR code , which will lead you to the video with music.
To read “50 musical masterpieces” is not at all necessary to navigate in the world of classical music. The author offers to go through its “first level” necessary for any cultural person interested in the development of his musical erudition. The book can be read with the children