The history of classical music

"This history of classical music is interspersed with 150 music excerpts."
"Covers the 1000 year history from Gregorian chant to the present."
"From Gregorian chants to Henryk GÊ¹recki, the first living classical composer to get into the pop album charts, it is the fascinating story of over a thousand years of Western classical music and the composers who have sought to express in music the deepest of human feelings and emotions. Polyphony, sonata form, serial music, many musical expressions are also explained with the text illustrated by performances from some of the most highly praised recordings of recent years."
"From Gregorian Chant to Henryk Gorecki, here is the fascinating story of over a thousand years of Western classical music and composers. Polyphony, sonata form, serial music and other terms are explained with 150 accompanying music excerpts."
"From Gregorian Chant to Henryk Gorecki, here is the fascinating story of over a thousand years of Western classical music and composers. Polyphony, sonata form, serial music and other terms are explained with 150 accompanying music excerpts."@en