The Making of Music
a journey with notes
$43.75
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2008
Summary
Our Music: A Journey Through Sound and History
Our Music is the story of our musical history, its origins and how it has shaped us. We have all grown up with a common background noise, whether we realise it or not. The tradition of European music that took shape in medieval monasteries, then in churches and courts, and moved into the salons, concert halls and theatres in later centuries, is our cultural bloodstream.
James Naughtie delves into the colourful, turbulent world o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780719562556 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0719562554 |
| Author: | James Naughtie |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2008 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 131mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
Romantic and rapturous, divertingly anecdotal and enthusiastic - The Times
[Naughtie s] real passion should easily entice anyone who reads about the works he praises to go and listen to them as soon as is practicable - Sunday Telegraph Immensely readable a cracking good yarn - Scotsman Consistently engaging It is enthralling, a very fine book. For Everyman - HeraldA genial, meandering but ultimately purposeful journey through the social history of music … this book is rich in anecdote, and it is all the better for it - GuardianAbout The Author
James Naughtie
James Naughtie has presented Radio 4’s Today programme since 1994. Previous journalistic roles have included working as Chief Political Correspondent for the Scotsman and presenting Radio 4’s The Week in Westminster. Since 1992 he has presented the Proms on television, and for two years he presented Opera News on Radio 3. He chairs Radio 4’s monthly Bookclub and regularly presents election and by-election specials. He has written three political books: Playing the Palace, Rivals and The Accidental American. He is married with three children.
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