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2014

Format:	Book
Author:	Goodall, Howard.
Title:	The story of music : from Babylon to the Beatles : how music has shaped civilization / Howard Goodall.
Edition:	First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Pegasus Books, 2014.
Description:	359 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), music ; 24 cm
Summary:	Discusses topics ranging from prehistoric instruments to modern-day pop to explain how respective musical innovations were inspired by original forces that reflected common human themes.
Subjects:	Music -- History and criticism. Music -- Social aspects.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	The age of discovery, 40,000 BC - AD 1450 -- The age of penitence, 1450-1650 -- The age of invention, 1650-1750 -- The age of elegance and sentiment, 1750-1850 -- The age of tragedy, 1850-1890 -- The age of rebellion, 1890-1918 -- The popular age I, 1918-1945 -- The popular age II, 1945-2012 -- Playlist.
LCCN:	2013055337
ISBN:	9781605985381 1605985384
Other Number:	866733896
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Control Number:	434892
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Call Number:	780.9 Goodall

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