The Triumph of Music

The Triumph of Music
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 401
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ISBN-10 : 9780141976457
ISBN-13 : 0141976454
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Book Synopsis The Triumph of Music by : Tim Blanning

Download or read book The Triumph of Music written by Tim Blanning and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once musicians such as Mozart were little more than court servants; now they are multimillionaire superstars wielding more power than politicians. How did this extraordinary change come about? Tim Blanning's brilliantly enjoyable book examines how everything from the cult of the romantic to technology and travel all fed the inexorable rise of music in the West, making it the most dominant and ubiquitous of the art forms. Encompassing balladeers, the great composers, jazz legends and rock gods, this is an enthralling story of power, patronage, creativity and genius.


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