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Music: Ideas in Profile
Andrew Gant
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Description for Music: Ideas in Profile
Paperback. The best concise introduction to a very large subject: Music. Series: Ideas in Profile. Num Pages: 160 pages, c. 30 b/w line and half-tone in text. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
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, ... Read more
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, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Ideas in Profile
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781256428
SKU
V9781781256428
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About Andrew Gant
Andrew Gant is the author of Christmas Carols: From Village Green to Church Choir (Profile 2014) and O Sing Unto the Lord: The History of English Church Music (Profile 2015). He is a composer, choirmaster, university teacher and writer. He has directed the choirs of The Guards' Chapel, Worcester College Oxford, and Her Majesty's Chapel Royal. He lectures in music ... Read more
Reviews for Music: Ideas in Profile
Praise for O SING UNTO THE LORD: 'No-one is better qualified to write on the subject of English Church Music... a wonderfully lively account of one of our greatest stories'
Peter Phillips A comprehensive and thoughtful survey that is also eminently readable.
James Bowman Andrew Gant, church musician to his fingertips, traces the ... Read more
Peter Phillips A comprehensive and thoughtful survey that is also eminently readable.
James Bowman Andrew Gant, church musician to his fingertips, traces the ... Read more