The Great Composers And Their Music

A part-work series released under the Marshall Cavendish label, started circa 1983 - focusing on major classical works. Not to be confused with the later series The Great Composers. The German counterpart of this series is: Grosse Komponisten Und Ihre Musik. The French counterpart of this series is: Les Grands Compositeurs Et Leur Musique. This series and catalog numbering is inconsistent, confusion resulting from different releases of the series: 1st Series Issue: Vinyl and Cassette – c. 1983 2nd Series Issue: CD – c. 1990 Most of the series came with booklets relating to the musical release, with information on the music and composer. From 1995 a 3rd Series was issued packaged in a CD 'Fat Box' as part of the The Great Composers series. The series was released in parts representing broad classical categories: Parts 1 to 20 – Romantic Era Parts 21 to 32 – Baroque and Classical Music Parts 33 to 42 – The Age of Nationalism Parts 43 to 52 – The Twentieth Century Parts 53 to 65 – The Great Operas Parts SP1 to ? – (Thematic Specials) The series featured major classical composers including Piotr Illitch Tchaïkovsky, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and many more.