Music History: History of Music: From Prehistoric Sounds to Classical Music, Jazz, Rock Music, Pop Music and Electronic Music (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781542523097)

This is the fascinating story of music. How it started with a song and became one of our most beloved arts.

• Learn how early composers added modal rhythm to religious chants and turned them into something greater.
• Discover how the printing press standardized music and helped it spread across the globe.
• Witness the birth of musical theater, opera, and classical music and the explosion of popular freeform music such as rhapsodies and preludes.
• See how 20th- and 21st-century composers created a wealth of music and left their mark on music forever.
• Watch the birth of Jazz and Blues in the deep south of America.
• Experience the explosion of Rock n' Roll in America and Europe and its evolution into Punk, Electric, Metal, New Wave and more.
• Hear English, Scottish and Irish folk songs and ballads transform into Country and Western Music.
• Examine the beginnings of electronic music and watch it spread across the globe.
• Meet the international superstars that created Pop Music.

History of Music: From Prehistoric Sounds to Classical Music, Jazz, Rock Music, POP Music and Electronic Music is a quick dip into our relationship with sound and movement through time. You'll learn how music and songs grew from humble beginnings into an art that enriches, entertains, and relaxes us.