{"product_id":"big-bangs-the-story-of-five-discoveries-that-changed-musical-history-howard-goodall","title":"Big Bangs: The Story of Five Discoveries that Changed Musical History - Howard Goodall","description":"\u003cp\u003ehe dramatic story of five key turning points in a thousand years of Western music - discoveries that changed the course of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho first invented 'Doh Re Mi...'?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat do we mean by \"in tune\"?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLooking back down the corridor of a thousand years, Howard Goodall guides us through the stories of five seismic developments in the history of Western music. His \"big bangs\" may not be the ones we expect - some are surprising and some are so obvious we overlook them - but all have had an extraordinary impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGoodall starts with the invention of notation by an 11th-century Italian monk, which removed the creation of music from the hands of the players to the pens of the composers; moves on to the first opera; then to the invention of the piano, and ends with the story of the first recording made in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoward Goodall has the gift of making these complicated musical advances both clear and utterly fascinating. Racy and vivid in a narrative full of colourful characters and graphic illustrations of technical processes, he also gives a wonderful sense of the culture of trial and error and competition, be it in 11th-century Italy or 19th-century America, in which all progress takes place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBig Bangs\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eopens a window on the crucial moments in our musical culture - discoveries that made possible everything from Bach to the Beatles - and tells us a riveting story of a millennium of endeavour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Bubble\/Old School Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57369376719228,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/8930\/2764\/files\/bb-hg-01.jpg?v=1788099790","url":"https:\/\/bookbubble.co.uk\/products\/big-bangs-the-story-of-five-discoveries-that-changed-musical-history-howard-goodall","provider":"Book Bubble\/Old School Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}