The story of music
Subtitle: from Babylon to the Beatles : how music has shaped civilization
By: Howard Goodall
Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9781605985381
Subjects: Social aspects; History and criticism; Music
Description: Discusses topics ranging from prehistoric instruments to modern-day pop to explain how respective musical innovations were inspired by original forces that reflected common human themes.
Notes: Reprint. First published: London : Chatto & Windus, 2013.

"Playlist": pages 325-334.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-336) and index.
Table of contents: title: The age of discovery, 40,000 BC - AD 1450; title: The age of penitence, 1450-1650; title: The age of invention, 1650-1750; title: The age of elegance and sentiment, 1750-1850; title: The age of tragedy, 1850-1890; title: The age of rebellion, 1890-1918; title: The popular age I, 1918-1945; title: The popular age II, 1945-2012.