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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 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.
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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)
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Published to accompany Howard Goodall's major new BBC TV series, this is an accessible history for all music lovers
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0099587173
- ISBN 13 9780099587170
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages368
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