A Preeminent Music Historian And Critic Presents A Global History Of Music From The Bottom Up Histories Of Music Overwhelmingly Suppress Stories Of The Outsiders And Rebels Who Created Musical Revolutions And Instead Celebrate The Mainstream Assimilators Who Borrowed Innovations, Diluted Their Impact, And Disguised Their Sources. In Music: A Subversive History, Historian Ted Gioia Reclaims The Story Of Music For The Riffraff, Insurgents, And Provocateurs. Gioia Tells A Four-thousand-year History Of Music As A Global Source Of Power, Change, And Upheaval. He Shows How Social Outcasts Have Repeatedly Become Trailblazers Of Musical Expression: Slaves And Their Descendants, For Instance, Have Repeatedly Reinvented Music, From Ancient Times All The Way To The Jazz, Reggae, And Hip-hop Sounds Of The Current Day. Music: A Subversive History Is Essential Reading For Anyone Interested In The Meaning Of Music, From Sappho To The Sex Pistols To Spotify.
Categories:
- History
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Europe
Publisher : Basic Books
Author : Gioia, Ted
Language : English
Edition : 1
Published :2019-10-15
Number Of Pages : 528
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 1541644360
ISBN-13 : 9781541644366
Item weight : 1.67 lb
Dimensions : 1.73 in x 6.54 in x 9.49 in
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