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The book traces the history of the Music hall, through their "pre-history" (pleasure gardens, glee clubs, penny gaffs, etc.), through the 1852 opening of the first purpose built music hall in Lambeth, to the proliferation across the country and beyond, reaching a peak in the 1890s. [4]
History books about music (12 P) J. Jazz books (23 P) M. ... Pages in category "Music books" The following 141 pages are in this category, out of 141 total.
The Story of Music is a work of nonfiction by English composer and broadcaster Howard Goodall, first published in 2013 by Chatto & Windus, which covers the history of largely Western classical music from pre-history to 2012. The book is associated with the 2013 BBC2 documentary series Howard Goodall's Story of Music.
Some of the intellectual products of music historians include peer-reviewed articles in journals, university press-published music history books, university textbooks, new editions of musical works, biographies of composers and other musicians, studies of the relationship between words and music, and reflections upon the role of music in society.
Pages in category "History books about music" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
"But that music is a language by whose means messages are elaborated, that such messages can be understood by the many but sent out only by the few, and that it alone among all language unites the contradictory character of being at once intelligible and untranslatable—these facts make the creator of music a being like the gods and make music itself the supreme mystery of human knowledge."