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Great Composers
The Multimedia Reference on European Classical Music Heritage

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«A living encyclopaedia which introduces the heritage of European classical music to a general audience», Great Composers employs multimedia technology to promote the pleasure of listening to music.
«Great Composers» is a CD-ROM that can be linked (via modem) to a dedicated site on the World Wide Web. The CD-ROM is an enduring encyclopaedia of knowledge about European composers and their music, while the web-site provides the user with up-to-date news about concerts, festivals, events and interactive facilities such as ticket-booking as well as a forum to discuss and listen to music.
The idea originated at the publishing house Marshall Cavendish in Paris. It is an extensive work, covering not only the most famous of the European composers, but also less famous, country-specific composers and movements (such as the Danish School, represented by Gade and Nielsen). Altogether 600 composers and 1 200 excerpts from their musical works are represented in the multimedia encyclopaedia, representing four hours of music, 60 animated biographies and 5 000 pictures.
Great Composers will be published in English, German and French initially, but careful design of the underlying architecture means translation into other European languages will be straightforward.

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