{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-world-in-50-pieces-the-classical-music-that-shapes-us-hardcover","title":"A History of the World in 50 Pieces: The Classical Music That Shapes Us - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Service\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplore how music has changed our world through 50 pieces across classical, folk and world traditions with BBC presenter Tom Service, in this official Radio 3 compendium.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMusic transports us and defines us. As a form of expression, it has been passed down through oral tradition, musical notation and recordings in a chain of connection that spans the globe, across the millennia. \u003ci\u003eA History of the World in 50 Pieces \u003c\/i\u003efollows that chain, collating 50 pieces of classical music that reflect our changing politics, social structures and technological development, and how composers, musicians and listeners have shaped those currents of history.\u003cp\u003eFrom Bach to Beethoven, Songlines to Saariaho, Hildegard of Bingen to the Happy Birthday song, Tom Service offers a fresh take on pieces that many of us think we know, and many more we might not. With each short, sharp analysis, he expands the typical canon and tests the boundaries of what we understand to be 'classical music' - or even music at all, such as the sounds of the earth's rotation, and the songs of humpback whales. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn official BBC Radio 3 publication, \u003ci\u003eA History of the World in 50 Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e is a book for anyone curious about the power of music and how it shapes us and connects us.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Service \u003c\/b\u003epresents the \u003ci\u003eSaturday Morning\u003c\/i\u003e program and the \u003ci\u003eNew Music Show\u003c\/i\u003e for BBC Radio 3, where he wrote and presented 250 editions of \u003ci\u003eThe Listening Service\u003c\/i\u003e, and hosted \u003ci\u003eMusic Matters\u003c\/i\u003e from 2003. His writing about music is at theguardian.com, he was Gresham Professor of Music from 2018-19, and Guest Artistic Director of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in 2005. He has made films for the BBC about composers from Mozart to Saariaho, and has been part of the radio and TV coverage of the BBC Proms for more than twenty years. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eMusic as Alchemy: Journeys with Great Conductors and their Orchestras\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFull of Noises\u003c\/i\u003e, interviews with the composer Thomas Adès.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48747347312889,"sku":"9781785949371","price":51.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/QKaEMUXey79781785949371.webp?v=1785672014","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-history-of-the-world-in-50-pieces-the-classical-music-that-shapes-us-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}