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A riotous, rambling and incomplete history of classical music, complete with leg measurements<i>Hello, I'm Stephen Fry. Now time for the first outing of a brand, spanking new feature here on </i>The Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music <i>. . . putting some unsuspecting figure in music under the spotlight.' </i> Stephen Fry presents a brilliantly rambling 700-year history of classical music and the world as we know it. Along this musical journey he casually throws in references to pretty much whatever takes his fancy, from the Mongol invasion of Russia and Mr. Khan (Genghis to his friends), the founding of the MCC, the Black Death (which once again became the new black in England), to the heady revolutionary atmosphere of Mozart's Don Giovanni and the deep doo-doo that Louis XVI got into (or "du-du" as the French would say). It's all here—Ambrose and early English plainsong, Bach, Mozart (beloved of mobile phones everywhere), Beethoven, Debussy, Wagner (the old romantic), right up to the present day. Entertaining and brilliantly written, this is a pretty reckless romp of a history through classical music and much much more.

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Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music, Stephen Fry, Tim Lihoreau

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Année de publication
2015
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Titre
Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music
Langue
Anglais
Éditeur
Boxtree
Publié
2015
Format
rigide
Pages
320
ISBN10
075226558X
ISBN13
9780752265582
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A riotous, rambling and incomplete history of classical music, complete with leg measurements<i>Hello, I'm Stephen Fry. Now time for the first outing of a brand, spanking new feature here on </i>The Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music <i>. . . putting some unsuspecting figure in music under the spotlight.' </i> Stephen Fry presents a brilliantly rambling 700-year history of classical music and the world as we know it. Along this musical journey he casually throws in references to pretty much whatever takes his fancy, from the Mongol invasion of Russia and Mr. Khan (Genghis to his friends), the founding of the MCC, the Black Death (which once again became the new black in England), to the heady revolutionary atmosphere of Mozart's Don Giovanni and the deep doo-doo that Louis XVI got into (or "du-du" as the French would say). It's all here—Ambrose and early English plainsong, Bach, Mozart (beloved of mobile phones everywhere), Beethoven, Debussy, Wagner (the old romantic), right up to the present day. Entertaining and brilliantly written, this is a pretty reckless romp of a history through classical music and much much more.