Title:
The story of music : from Babylon to the Beatles how music has shaped civilization / Howard Goodall.
ISBN:
9781605985381
Personal Author:
Edition:
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Pegasus Books, 2014.
Physical Description:
359 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), music ; 24 cm
Contents:
The age of discovery, 40,000 BC - AD 1450 -- The age of penitence, 1450-1650 -- The age of invention, 1650-1750 -- The age of elegance and sentiment, 1750-1850 -- The age of tragedy, 1850-1890 -- The age of rebellion, 1890-1918 -- The popular age I, 1918-1945 -- The popular age II, 1945-2012 -- Playlist.
Summary:
Discusses topics ranging from prehistoric instruments to modern-day pop to explain how respective musical innovations were inspired by original forces that reflected common human themes.
Subject Term:
OCLC Number:
ocn866733896
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1
