Big bangs : the story of five discoveries that changed musical history
Goodall, Howard2006
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Goodall guides the reader through five seismic developments in the history of Western music: the invention of notation, taking in the invention of equal temperament, the invention of the piano and that of opera and finally the first recording.
Main title:
Big bangs : the story of five discoveries that changed musical history / Howard Goodall.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2001.
Collation:
xi, 238 p. : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 2000.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780099283546 (pbk)
Dewey class:
780.9
Language:
English
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BRN:
1942390