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The Story of Music

By (author) Howard Goodall
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Vintage Publishing, London, United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage
Published: 3rd Oct 2013
Dimensions: w 133mm h 192mm d 30mm
Weight: 275g
ISBN-10: 0099587173
ISBN-13: 9780099587170
Barcode No: 9780099587170
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*** Accompanies BBC2's 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 Perotin 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.

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A lively zip through some 45 milennia -- Christopher Hart * Sunday Times * Goodall is an engaging and erudite guide and this work is both accessible and illuminating -- Caroline Jowett * Daily Express * Great length but still leavened with lively wit -- Sameer Rahim * Telegraph * [Goodall] knows his stuff, and tells it well -- Nicholas Lezard * Guardian * Highly knowledgeable, and a brilliant communicator, Goodall has an infectious enthusiasm and is genuinely respectful of all forms of music * Good Book Guide *