The story of music / Howard Goodall.

By: Publication details: London : Vintage Books, 2013.Description: 359 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780099587170 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • ML160
Summary: In his energetic tour through 30,000 years of music, from prehistoric instruments to pop, Howard Goodall does away with stuffy biographies, unhelpful labels and tired terminology and leads us through the story of music as it really happened, so that each musical innovation strikes us with its original force.
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TV tie-in.

Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In his energetic tour through 30,000 years of music, from prehistoric instruments to pop, Howard Goodall does away with stuffy biographies, unhelpful labels and tired terminology and leads us through the story of music as it really happened, so that each musical innovation strikes us with its original force.

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