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The Story of Music: From Babylon to the Beatles: How Music Has Shaped Civilization by Howard Goodall
ameyawarde's review against another edition
4.0
Despite ~7 years of playing Viola and ~5 years of choir, I didn't really understand a lot of the technical speak, especially in the beginning, but it wasn't too bad. I did find it interesting, and this is another one that I hope to re-read in the future and hopefully absorb more info since the language will be more familiar to me.
deanna_etc's review against another edition
This book kept me interested! I credit that to the author's tone: very easy to read and follow along. It can really make or break a book, I think. I don't know much about music theory or classical music, so this book definitely taught me a lot.
sartreia's review against another edition
5.0
Playlists for the book:
http://www.howardgoodall.co.uk/works/tv-presenting/howard-goodalls-story-of-music/playlists-for-the-story-of-music
Further resources from the author:
http://www.howardgoodall.co.uk/articles-press-etc/20th-century-modernism-some-thoughts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrwyk/episodes/downloads
http://www.howardgoodall.co.uk/works/tv-presenting/howard-goodalls-story-of-music/playlists-for-the-story-of-music
Further resources from the author:
http://www.howardgoodall.co.uk/articles-press-etc/20th-century-modernism-some-thoughts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrwyk/episodes/downloads
ifitsnotbaroque's review against another edition
1.0
UGH. This is mostly about classical music so there are unfortunately few famous women to mention in this overview but the author leaves them out when easy opportunities arise in almost every case. What really got me is when a female composer was included in a list of film scores as a collaborator BUT GOT HER SURNAME COMPLETELY WRONG.
shakespeareandspice's review against another edition
DNF-d this at 48%.
Why? Because I picked it up thinking I would learn something new and fun about the history of music and my favorite artists but found it to be more detailed and vigorous then I’d thought. I figured since it covers the entire history of music, it cannot be as detailed as other books which tackle one period after another individually—alas, it was detailed and not something I wanted to listen to after a while. Fault clearly lies with me here, not with the book, so I will refrain from rating it as to not skew the average rating of the book itself.
Why? Because I picked it up thinking I would learn something new and fun about the history of music and my favorite artists but found it to be more detailed and vigorous then I’d thought. I figured since it covers the entire history of music, it cannot be as detailed as other books which tackle one period after another individually—alas, it was detailed and not something I wanted to listen to after a while. Fault clearly lies with me here, not with the book, so I will refrain from rating it as to not skew the average rating of the book itself.
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