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A review by insearchof_wonder_
The Story of Music by Howard Goodall
3.0
This book is written to non-musicians but will likely be read by a large number of professional musicians, but there's a good possibility it will appeal to neither.
I actually enjoyed the occasionally witty and always informative writing style, and the author's background in music composition made his insights even more interesting and helpful than music appreciation books written by , well, music appreciators.
It has an inherent drawback of trying to tell a long story in a short way, so there were some issues there that probably simply can't be helped. My biggest issue was the worldview that editorialized, colored, and skewed some of the story in the process of telling it.
I actually enjoyed the occasionally witty and always informative writing style, and the author's background in music composition made his insights even more interesting and helpful than music appreciation books written by , well, music appreciators.
It has an inherent drawback of trying to tell a long story in a short way, so there were some issues there that probably simply can't be helped. My biggest issue was the worldview that editorialized, colored, and skewed some of the story in the process of telling it.