The Story Of Music

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: VINTAGE ARROW
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2013
Edition: First Edition

Description: 359 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Published to accompany Howard Goodalls major new BBC TV series, this is an accessible history for all music lovers *** Accompanies BBC2s major new TV series and The Story of Music in 50 Pieces on Radio 3 *** In his dynamic tour through 40,000 years of music, from prehistoric instruments to modern-day pop, Howard Goodall leads us through The Story of Music as it happened, idea by idea, so that each musical innovation harmony, notation, sung theatre, the orchestra, dance music, recording, broadcasting strikes us with its original force. He focuses on what changed when and why, picking out the discoveries that revolutionised man-made sound and bringing to life musical visionaries from the little-known Pérotin to the colossus of Wagner. Along the way, he also gives refreshingly clear descriptions of what music is and how it works: what scales are all about, why some chords sound discordant and what all post-war pop songs have in common.

ISBN: 9780099587170