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 innovationāharmony, notation, sung theater, the orchestra, dance music, recording, broadcastingāstrikes 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 PĆ©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, rebelāand entertain. Howard Goodall's beautifully clear and compelling account is both a hymn to human endeavor and a groundbreaking map of our musical journey.
- 368 pages
- English
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The Story of Music
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Age of Discovery, 40,000 BC-AD 1450
- 2. The Age of Penitence, 1450-1650
- 3. The Age of Invention, 1650-1750
- 4. The Age of Elegance and Sentiment, 1750-1850
- 5. The Age of Tragedy, 1850-1890
- 6. The Age of Rebellion, 1890-1918
- 7. The Popular Age I, 1918-1945
- 8. The Popular Age II, 1945-2012
- Image Gallery
- Playlist
- Further Reading
- Picture Credits
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- Copyright
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