Music : the definitive visual history
Blenkinsop, Ian2022
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A comprehensive and accessible visual history of music - from prehistory to the present day. Why did jazz go Latin? And how did blues influence rock? Find out how music has shaped the world from prehistory to the present day. Classical or rock, everyone has their favourite music style, but how did your top choice come about? Music is a compelling and richly illustrated history of the most unifying art form in the world. Explore the roots of all genres from chants of the middle ages through the grandeur of the classical period to the modern rhythm of blues, jazz, hip-hop, and pop. Music includes illustrated histories of instruments and listening suggestions for each musical genre. Spectacular galleries display families of instruments from around the world, while special features showcase the evolution of key instruments, such as the piano and the guitar, and profile iconic innovators such as Mozart, Billie Holiday, and David Bowie. Charting every musical revolution, from bone flutes to electronica and from jazz to hip-hop, this visually stunning history of music will hit the right note, whether you are into pop or rock, or disco or rap, classical or opera.
Main title:
Music : the definitive visual history / consultant, Robert Ziegler ; authors, Ian Blenkinsop, Kiku Day, Reg Grant, Malcolm Hayes, Keith Howard, Chris Ingham, Nick Kimberley, Tess Knighton, Jenny McCallum, Matt Milton, Chris Moss, Joe Staines, Susan Sturrock, Oliver Tims, Greg Ward ; new photography, Gary Ombler, Richard Leeney.
Author:
Blenkinsop, IanZiegler, Robert, (Conductor)Day, Kiku, authorGrant, R. G., authorHayes, Malcolm, authorHoward, Keith, 1956-, authorIngham, Chris, 1962-, authorKimberley, Nick, authorKnighton, Tess, 1957-, authorMcCallum, Jenny, authorMilton, Matt, authorMoss, Chris, authorStaines, Joe, authorSturrock, Susan, authorTims, Oliver, authorWard, Greg, 1982-, authorOmbler, Gary, photographerLeeney, Richard, photographer
Edition:
New edition.
Imprint:
London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2022.
Collation:
400 pages : illustrations (colour), music, portraits ; 29 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
1. Early beginnings: 60,000 BCE-500 CE (Man, the music maker ; Music's cradle ; A philosophical vieew ; Myth and tragedy ; Ancient instruments ; Sound the trumpet)2. Music in the Middle Ages: 500-1400 (Sacred chant ; Minstrels and troubadours ; Medieval instruments ; Writing melody ; Zither and lyre, sackbut and shawne ; Islamic music ; Islamic instruments ; Music in ancient China ; many voices)3. Renaissance and Reformation: 1400-1600 (Songs of love ; Music goes to print ; The rise of instrumental music ; Church reform ; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina ; The lute's golden age ; The lute ; The madrigal ; Consort instruments ; An Iberian flowering ; Venetian glories)Baroque spirit : 1600-1750 (The Barooque style ; The birth of opera ; Oratorios and cantatas ; Patrons and composers ; The violin ; Antonio Stradivari ; Antonio Vivaldi ; The English revival ; Henry Purcell ; The organ ; Counterpoint and fgue ; Johann Sebastian Bach ; Sonata, suites and overtures ; Keyboard maestros ; George Frideric Handel ; Japanese theatre)5. Classical age: 1750-1820 (A new clarity ; The orchestra ; The sonata ; Orchestra woodwind ; The symphony ; Joseph Haydn ; Playing music among friends ; Age of Reason ; Opera comes alive ; Choral music ; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; The concerto ; The piano ; Ludwig van Beethoven ; Bohemian rhapsody)6. Nationalism and romance: 1820-1910 (Beethoven's later works ;Age of song ; Franz Schubert ; Literary links ; Expressive piano ; The virtuosos ; Sacred choruses ; Romantic opera ; Women composers and performers ; Music in the home ; Johannes Brahms ; The Viennese waltz ; National stirrings ; Flamenco ; Russia's big five ; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ; Northern lights ; Ballet music ; New tones and textures ; The saxophone ; Symphonic supremacy ; A lighter touch ; Italian opera gets real ; Chinese traditional opera ; Marching to the beat ; Brass instruments ; Impressionism)7. Music in the Modern Age: 1910-1945 (The shock of the new ; Igor Stravinsky ; National flavours ; The flute ; Spanish classical music ; Music of Mexico ; The last Romantics ; Sergey Prokofiev ; Ragtime ; Country's roots ; Tin Pan Alley ; George Gershwin ; Beginnings of jazz ; Billie Holiday ; The clarinet ; Birth of the blues ; Let's swing ; The trumpet ; Jazz goes bebop ; Louis Armstrong ; Latin beats ; Let's tango ; Come to the cabaret ; Recording and listening ; Golden age of radio)8. Global music : 1945-present (Experimental music ; Modern chanson ; The German revival ; Romany music ; Brazilian beats ; Jazz goes Latin ; Celia Cruz ; Operatic rebirth ; Early musical theater ; Maria Callas ; The guitar ; Smooth operators ; Music for screen ; Hollywood musicals ; One voice ; The music of Indonesia ; Gamelan ; Island music ; Celtic music ; Longing for fado ; Bright lights, big city blues ; The harmonica ; Rhythm and blues ; Plugged-in for sound ; Rock'n'roll ; Elvis Presley ; Leaders of the pack ; The sounds of soul ; Protest music ; Beatlemania ; John Lennon ; Blues rock ; Heavy rock ; The electric guitar ; Jazz fusion ; Elecronic rock ; David Bowie ; Rags and talas ; Indian instruments ; Music festivals ; The Nashville sound ; Reggae ; Music goes pop ; Chart poppers ; Disco inferno ; Punk explosion ; Alternative rock ; Musical revival ; Japanese popular music ; African music ; African instruments ; Hip-hop ; Club culture ; The Korean wave ; New voices in classical ; Digital revolution)
ISBN:
9780241559024 (hardback)
Dewey class:
780.9
Language:
English
BRN:
411885
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 780.9 MUS | Onloan - Due: 19 May 2025 |