Music: Ideas in Profile

Music: Ideas in Profile
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Publisher : Profile Books
Total Pages : 140
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ISBN-10 : 9781782832515
ISBN-13 : 1782832513
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Book Synopsis Music: Ideas in Profile by : Andrew Gant

Download or read book Music: Ideas in Profile written by Andrew Gant and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideas in Profile Series Is music a science or an art? It's both, as Andrew Gant reveals in this lively and accessible account of what music is and what it's for. Music has been central to life since the dawn of humankind and is intimately bound up with the origins of language. Andrew Gant introduces us to its long history and its many genres and manifestations. He explains how composers compose, players play and singers sing. He looks at how musical styles develop, the ways they fall in and out of fashion, and why certain kinds of music - dancing and love songs, for example - is a universal in human culture. He considers how music is composed, the nature of genius and the workings of inspiration. He shows how music can be composed and used to stir patriotism, instill courage, reinforce identity, sell a product, or make a political point. And he goes beyond humans to examine music in the natural world in the creativity of birdsong. This is, in short, the ideal introduction to a very big subject.


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