Geschichte der Musik - Vom Mittelalter bis in die Gegenwart

Griffiths Geschichte der Musik - Vom Mittelalter bis in die Gegenwart

GERMAN TEXT

Music moves in time - and in this it resembles our lives.’

Based on this idea, Paul Griffiths writes a captivating and precise history of Western music from its beginnings to the 21st century, of the great composers as well as their performers and listeners.

He pauses at 24 points in this history and uses the composers, their works and the social environment to examine the changing ideas about what music is and what it is made for.

The book is an entertaining introduction for music lovers and beginners. With recommended reading and listening and a glossary.

- Format 22,0 x 15,0 cm