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Cover image for Music : the definitive visual history / [consultant, Robert Ziegler ; authors, Ian Blenkinsop, Kiku Day, Reg Grant, Malcolm Hayes, Keith Howard, Chris Ingham, Nick Kimberley, Tess Knighton ... and seven others] ; new photography, Gary Ombler, Richard Leeney.
Title:
Music : the definitive visual history / [consultant, Robert Ziegler ; authors, Ian Blenkinsop, Kiku Day, Reg Grant, Malcolm Hayes, Keith Howard, Chris Ingham, Nick Kimberley, Tess Knighton ... and seven others] ; new photography, Gary Ombler, Richard Leeney.
ISBN:
9781465414366

9781465442468
Edition:
First American edition.
Publication Information:
London : DK, 2013.
Physical Description:
480 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
General Note:
Produced in association with the Smithsonian and includes images from The National Music Museum in South Dakota.

Includes index.
Contents:
Early beginnings : 60,000 BCE-500 CE -- Music in the Middle Ages : 500-1400 -- Renaissance and Reformation : 1400-1600 -- The Baroque spirit : 1600-1750 -- The Classical age : 1750-1820 -- Nationalism and romance : 1820-1910 -- Music in the Modern Age : 1910-1945 -- Global music : 1945-present.
Summary:
Guides readers through the progression of music since its prehistoric beginnings, discussing not just Western classical music, but music from all around the world. Profiles the lives of groundbreaking musicians from Mozart to Elvis, takes an in-depth look at the history and function of various instruments, and includes listening suggestions for each music style.
Subject Term:
Music -- History and criticism

Musicians -- Biography

Music -- Chronology
Added Author:
Ziegler, Robert (Conductor)

Blenkinsop, Ian

Day, Kiku

Grant, R. G.

Ombler, Gary

Leeney, Richard
Added Corporate Author:
Smithsonian Institution
OCLC Number:
ocn828055596
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