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Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music

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by: Stephen Fry, Tim Lihoreau

September 02, 2005
Fantastic book - interesting reading the reviews of some of the other people: It seems the positive reviews are mainly from British people, and this is probably because Stephen Fry is so unbelievably English that to an American or an Austrian it may seem like puerile drivel. Being German, it took me a while (30 years!) to get used to the humor, but trust me, it really is EXCRUCIATINGLY funny.

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The History of Classical Music (Non Fiction)

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by: Richard Fawkes

June 18, 2001
This is a very interesting and enjoyable History of Classical Music on four CDs. It contains excerpts from over 50 pieces of Western Music.

I have read some musical history before but I found that this set of CDs dealt more thoroughly with the thousand years of development from around 600 AD to around 1600 AD.

The CDs are are follows:

CD1 The Early, Medieval, and Renaissance Periods

This includes Gregorian Chant; Ambrosian Chant; the Dorian, Phrygian and Lydian Modes; Hildegard of Bingen; the Gothic Age; the Motet; the troubadour tradition; Guillaume de Machaut; the Madigral - Landini; Dufay and Ockeghem; the Agincourt Carol - 1415; the Renaissance - Palestrina; the High Renaissance in England; the French ... Read More:

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Radio Silence: A Selected Visual History of American Hardcore Music

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by: Nedorostek, Nathan, Pappalardo, Anthony

October 09, 2008
This is a very interesting and enjoyable History of Classical Music on four CDs. It contains excerpts from over 50 pieces of Western Music.

I have read some musical history before but I found that this set of CDs dealt more thoroughly with the thousand years of development from around 600 AD to around 1600 AD.

The CDs are are follows:

CD1 The Early, Medieval, and Renaissance Periods

This includes Gregorian Chant; Ambrosian Chant; the Dorian, Phrygian and Lydian Modes; Hildegard of Bingen; the Gothic Age; the Motet; the troubadour tradition; Guillaume de Machaut; the Madigral - Landini; Dufay and Ockeghem; the Agincourt Carol - 1415; the Renaissance - Palestrina; the High Renaissance in England; the French ... Read More:

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A History of Film Music

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by: Mervyn Cooke

September 30, 2008
This is a very interesting and enjoyable History of Classical Music on four CDs. It contains excerpts from over 50 pieces of Western Music.

I have read some musical history before but I found that this set of CDs dealt more thoroughly with the thousand years of development from around 600 AD to around 1600 AD.

The CDs are are follows:

CD1 The Early, Medieval, and Renaissance Periods

This includes Gregorian Chant; Ambrosian Chant; the Dorian, Phrygian and Lydian Modes; Hildegard of Bingen; the Gothic Age; the Motet; the troubadour tradition; Guillaume de Machaut; the Madigral - Landini; Dufay and Ockeghem; the Agincourt Carol - 1415; the Renaissance - Palestrina; the High Renaissance in England; the French ... Read More:

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The History of the Blues: The Roots, the Music, the People

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by: Francis Davis

August 14, 2003
This is a very interesting and enjoyable History of Classical Music on four CDs. It contains excerpts from over 50 pieces of Western Music.

I have read some musical history before but I found that this set of CDs dealt more thoroughly with the thousand years of development from around 600 AD to around 1600 AD.

The CDs are are follows:

CD1 The Early, Medieval, and Renaissance Periods

This includes Gregorian Chant; Ambrosian Chant; the Dorian, Phrygian and Lydian Modes; Hildegard of Bingen; the Gothic Age; the Motet; the troubadour tradition; Guillaume de Machaut; the Madigral - Landini; Dufay and Ockeghem; the Agincourt Carol - 1415; the Renaissance - Palestrina; the High Renaissance in England; the French ... Read More:

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Noise Music: A History

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by: Paul Hegarty

October 15, 2007
This is a very interesting and enjoyable History of Classical Music on four CDs. It contains excerpts from over 50 pieces of Western Music.

I have read some musical history before but I found that this set of CDs dealt more thoroughly with the thousand years of development from around 600 AD to around 1600 AD.

The CDs are are follows:

CD1 The Early, Medieval, and Renaissance Periods

This includes Gregorian Chant; Ambrosian Chant; the Dorian, Phrygian and Lydian Modes; Hildegard of Bingen; the Gothic Age; the Motet; the troubadour tradition; Guillaume de Machaut; the Madigral - Landini; Dufay and Ockeghem; the Agincourt Carol - 1415; the Renaissance - Palestrina; the High Renaissance in England; the French ... Read More:

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Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979

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by: Tim Lawrence

February 04, 2004
Love Saves The Day - A REVIEW

Love Saves The Day is a fully comprehensive (including enough charts and photos) well-composed analysis of dance cultures most crucial subliminal times.
An expert, dynamic approach delivered with a delightful intimate style: it can be enjoyed at all levels for being so open minded, so embellished with amusing little stories as well as being authentic and knowledgeable.
Tim Lawrence deeply and meaningfully penetrates via the eyes of the dancer, through all their moves and steps into the heart and soul of the New York dance scene of the 70's and more...
This book will most definitely reveal to the reader the captivating, enlightening and continuous link between the most significant 'disco' themes, the ... Read More:

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Words and Music: A History of Pop in the Shape of a City

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by: Paul Morley

July 19, 2004
Possibly the greatest rock writer of all time, possibly the natural heir to Wittgenstein, possibly the greatest book ever written about Pop music.

Through a car ride with an image of Kylie and a collection of lists Paul Morley, former NME journalist and cultural impresario, charts the progress and connections found in popular music over the last four decades. Paying particular attention to the leftfield and the near unknown, Morley not only directs us to the music we either love or should love, he also shows us how to best appreciate this musical menagerie and goes further than most in depicting the importance and purpose of this music in the listeners life.

Morley is an engrossing and eloquent writer gripping the reader on an unconventional ... Read More:

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The History of Classical Music and the History of Opera

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by: Richard Fawkes

September 30, 2002
Possibly the greatest rock writer of all time, possibly the natural heir to Wittgenstein, possibly the greatest book ever written about Pop music.

Through a car ride with an image of Kylie and a collection of lists Paul Morley, former NME journalist and cultural impresario, charts the progress and connections found in popular music over the last four decades. Paying particular attention to the leftfield and the near unknown, Morley not only directs us to the music we either love or should love, he also shows us how to best appreciate this musical menagerie and goes further than most in depicting the importance and purpose of this music in the listeners life.

Morley is an engrossing and eloquent writer gripping the reader on an unconventional ... Read More:

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Glastonbury: An Oral History of the Music, Mud and Magic

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by: John Shearlaw, Crispin Aubrey

June 02, 2005
I've been to Glastonbury seven times, although not for a few years. As everyone knows it's a very, very special festival. When I used to return to work after 5 days of mayhem my life suddenly felt incomplete and I got very emotional for quite a few weeks afterward. I mention all this because the experience cannot be done justice by book, film or photo. Any of these mediums is going to fail to be completely successful, and indeed this book also fails, which is a disappointment because I think it's probably in a perfect format to act as a memento for those who have attended. Over 300 odd pages contributors donate a paragraph or two on each of the 26 (up until 2005) events and its fun to see how the festival increased in size and how amateurish it was for so long...but there just aren't ... Read More: