The Shortest History of Music
eBook - ePub

The Shortest History of Music

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Shortest History of Music

About this book

From prehistory to now, the fascinating story of why music is vital to the human experience

From award-winning broadcaster and composer Andrew Ford, The Shortest History of Music is a lively, authoritative tour through several thousand years of music. Packed with colourful characters and surprising details, it sets out to understand what exactly music is – and why humans are irresistibly drawn to making it.

This is not a traditional chronological account. Instead, Ford focuses on key themes in the history of music and considers how they have played out across the ages. How has music interacted with other social forces, such as religion and the economy? How have technological changes shaped the kinds of music humans make? From lullabies to concert halls, songlines to streaming services, what has music meant to humans at different times and in different places?

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. The Tradition of Music: from Prehistory to the Present
  7. 2. Music and Notation: Blueprints for Building in Sound from 1400 BCE to the Present
  8. 3. Music for Sale: Paying the Piper from 1000 BCE to the Present
  9. 4. Music and Modernism: Reinventing the Art from 1150 to the Present
  10. 5. Recording Music: from 1900 to the Present
  11. Epilogue: What Is Music?
  12. Further Reading
  13. Acknowledgements
  14. Image Credits
  15. Index
  16. Back Cover