Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music

Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music
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Publisher : Boxtree
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 0752225340
ISBN-13 : 9780752225340
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Book Synopsis Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music by : Stephen Fry

Download or read book Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music written by Stephen Fry and published by Boxtree. This book was released on 2004 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Hello, I'm Stephen the Fry. Now time for the first outing of a brand, spanking new feature here on The Incomplete and Utter History of Classic Music... putting some unsuspecting figure in music under the spotlight.' In his Incomplete & Utter History of Classical Music, Stephen Fry presents a potted and 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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