Seller: Georgia Book Company, CHICKAMAUGA, GA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: As New. LIKE NEW - NEVER ISSUED-MAY HAVE SCHOOL STAMP, NUMBER, MINIMAL SHELF WEAR - EXPERIENCE AMAZING CUSTOMER SERVICE - WE SHIP DAILY. Seller Inventory # SKU005547
Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No art form is as widely discussed--or as readily available--as music. With the click of just a few buttons, modern humans can decide what they think of the brand-new Beyonc just as quickly as they can form opinions on Brahms or the Beatles or Bob Dylan. But things weren't always this way. In this brisk, breakneck history, award-winning musician and broadcaster Andrew Ford dives into the constant evolutions and reinventions that have led to the popularity and accessibility of modern music. Ford explores: ● Why playing history's earliest example of notated music--clay tablets from 1400 BCE Syria--doesn't produce a consistent sound ● How colonization and the slave trade led to one region in West Africa having an unparalleled influence on world music ● How clerical and royal support allowed early composers to invent the symphony ● What leads humans to make music in the first place--and why music plays such a massive role in our culture. The Shortest History of Music takes us on a lively tour through several thousands of years of music history, tracing our relationship with this essential art and allowing us to freshly appreciate and understand music today. Seller Inventory # CIN0026745755G
Seller: World of Books Inc, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No art form is as widely discussed--or as readily available--as music. With the click of just a few buttons, modern humans can decide what they think of the brand-new Beyonc just as quickly as they can form opinions on Brahms or the Beatles or Bob Dylan. But things weren't always this way. In this brisk, breakneck history, award-winning musician and broadcaster Andrew Ford dives into the constant evolutions and reinventions that have led to the popularity and accessibility of modern music. Ford explores: ● Why playing history's earliest example of notated music--clay tablets from 1400 BCE Syria--doesn't produce a consistent sound ● How colonization and the slave trade led to one region in West Africa having an unparalleled influence on world music ● How clerical and royal support allowed early composers to invent the symphony ● What leads humans to make music in the first place--and why music plays such a massive role in our culture. The Shortest History of Music takes us on a lively tour through several thousands of years of music history, tracing our relationship with this essential art and allowing us to freshly appreciate and understand music today. Seller Inventory # CIN0026745755G