Music: Ideas in Profile (eBook)

Gant Andrew Gant (Autor)

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2017
ProFile (Verlag)
978-1-78283-251-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Ideas in Profile Series Is music a science or an art? It's both, as Andrew Gant reveals in this lively and accessible account of what music is and what it's for. Music has been central to life since the dawn of humankind and is intimately bound up with the origins of language. Andrew Gant introduces us to its long history and its many genres and manifestations. He explains how composers compose, players play and singers sing. He looks at how musical styles develop, the ways they fall in and out of fashion, and why certain kinds of music - dancing and love songs, for example - is a universal in human culture. He considers how music is composed, the nature of genius and the workings of inspiration. He shows how music can be composed and used to stir patriotism, instill courage, reinforce identity, sell a product, or make a political point. And he goes beyond humans to examine music in the natural world in the creativity of birdsong. This is, in short, the ideal introduction to a very big subject.

Rezensionen

I am captivated by Andrew Gant's warmth and evident joy, whilst conveying an extraordinarily thorough treatment of English church music's history.

A comprehensive and thoughtful survey that is also eminently readable.

Andrew Gant, church musician to his fingertips, traces the history of the music we all reach for at important moments in our lives ... an indispensable guide to a great tradition - and a very good read.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.3.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Ideas in Profile - small books, big ideas
• Reihe/Serie: Ideas in Profile - small books, big ideas
• Zusatzinfo: Various musical score images
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
• Schlagworte: A-Level Music • Andrew Gant • Christmas Carols: From Village Green to Church Choir • Classical music • Her Majesty's Chapel Royal • history of music • Musical development • musical genres • Nicholas Cook • O Sing Unto the Lord: The History of English Church Music • popular music • The Guards' Chapel • University of Oxford • Very Short Introduction to Music • Worcester College Oxford
• ISBN-10: 1-78283-251-3 / 1782832513
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78283-251-5 / 9781782832515