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The Story of Music
From Babylon to the Beatles; How Music Has Shaped CivilizationBy Howard GoodallNarrated by Simon VanceLength12h 8m
About this audiobook
A dynamic and expansive tour through 40,000 years of music, from prehistoric instruments to modern-day pop songs
Music is an intrinsic part of everyday life, and yet the history of its development from single notes to multilayered orchestration can seem bewilderingly complex.
In his dynamic tour through forty thousand 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 theater, the orchestra, dance music, recording—strikes us with its original force. 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 postwar 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.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.3 (1.1K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, LibraryThing
GenreOther, Psychology
Length12 hrs 8 mins
Narrated bySimon Vance
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMar 1, 2014
LanguageEnglish
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