The Story of Music
From Babylon to the Beatles; How Music Has Shaped Civilization
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نقد و بررسی
It's a big story that lives up to its subtitle as it spans centuries. Listeners won't retain every detail even though narrator Simon Vance presents the facts and occasional opinions with all the author's diligence. Like a lecture from a favorite professor, though, the book always entertains and engages. Even if the musical technicalities--such as the discussion of the "dotted rhythm" of swing--don't quite sink in, the cultural impact of each element will. Goodall's writing is thoughtful, considering such topics as the European influence on the blues and the stresses on composers who worked under Nazi or Soviet regimes. There's much for the music scholar, and casual listeners will also find something to ponder. J.A.S. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine
October 21, 2013
In this pedantic survey, composer Goodall ploddingly chronicles the innovations and inventions that have shaped the development of music (though classical music is the main focus). He presents some interesting facts—for example, the oldest list of musical instruments dates from 2600 BCE and a Mesopotamian clay tablet that lists various instruments, including the lyre, and provides instruction on playing a lute. In the Middle Ages, Guido of Arezzo came up with a method of notation to aid his choristers in singing songs, and Hildegard of Bingen “added ornamentation and melodic detail outside of the strict confines of standard method” as she composed her own chant tunes. He points out that by 1500 all the main families of musical instruments existed, and he traces briefly the ways that Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Wagner, Schoenberg, Philip Glass, and Steve Reich, among others, influenced the development of music.
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