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From the critically acclaimed author of Temperament a narrative account of the most defining moments in musical historyclassical and jazzall of which forever altered Western culture
A fascinating journey that begins with the origins of musical notation and travels through the centuries reaching all the way to our timeSemyon Bychkov chief conductor and music director of the Czech Philharmonic
The invention of music notation by a skittish Italian monk in the eleventh century The introduction of multilayered hymns in the Middle Ages The birth of opera in a Venice rebelling against the churchs pious restraints Baroque Romantic and atonal music bebop and cool jazz Bach and Liszt Miles Davis and John Coltrane In telling the exciting story of Western musics evolution Stuart Isacoff explains how music became entangled in politics culture and economics giving rise to new eruptions at every turn from the early churchs attempts to bind its followers by teaching them to sing in unison to the global spread of American jazz through the Black platoons of the First World War
The author investigates questions like When does noise become music How do musical tones reflect the natural laws of the universe Why did discord become the primary sound of modernity Musical Revolutions is a book replete with the stories of our most renowned musical artists including notable achievements of people of color and women whose paths to success were the most difficult
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