The Story of Music
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The Story of Music

  1. 368 pages
  2. English
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The Story of Music

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Why did prehistoric people start making music? What does every postwar pop song have in common? A "masterful" tour of music through the ages (Booklist, starred review). Music is an intrinsic part of everyday life, and yet the history of its development from single notes to multi-layered orchestration can seem bewilderingly specialized and complex.In his dynamic tour through 40, 000 years of music, from prehistoric instruments to modern-day pop, Howard Goodall does away with stuffy biographies, unhelpful labels, and tired terminology. Instead, he leads us through the story of music as it happened, idea by idea, so that each musical innovation—harmony, notation, sung theater, 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 revolutionized man-made sound and bringing to life musical visionaries from the little-known PĂ©rotin 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.The story of music is the story of our urge to invent, connect, rebel—and entertain. Howard Goodall's beautifully clear and compelling account is both a hymn to human endeavor and a groundbreaking map of our musical journey.

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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2021
ISBN
9781639361212
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. The Age of Discovery, 40,000 BC-AD 1450
  7. 2. The Age of Penitence, 1450-1650
  8. 3. The Age of Invention, 1650-1750
  9. 4. The Age of Elegance and Sentiment, 1750-1850
  10. 5. The Age of Tragedy, 1850-1890
  11. 6. The Age of Rebellion, 1890-1918
  12. 7. The Popular Age I, 1918-1945
  13. 8. The Popular Age II, 1945-2012
  14. Image Gallery
  15. Playlist
  16. Further Reading
  17. Picture Credits
  18. Acknowledgements
  19. Index
  20. Copyright