Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music

Fry, Stephen; Lihoreau, Tim (as Told to)

ISBN 10: 0752225340 / ISBN 13: 9780752225340

Published by Pan Macmillan, London, 2004

About this Item

- 222 mm. Cream cloth hardcover. Pp. xii, 304. Minor edge wear and rubbing to DJ. Overall, VG / VG.

Seller Inventory # 002180

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan, London
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0752225340
• ISBN 13: 9780752225340
• Binding: Publisher's Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

'Hello, I'm Stephen the Fry. Now time for the first outing of a brand, spanking new feature here on "The Incomplete and Utter History of Classic Music"...putting some unsuspecting figure in music under the spotlight.' In his "Incomplete & Utter History of Classical Music", Stephen Fry presents a potted and brilliantly rambling 700-year history of classical music and the world as we know it.Along this musical journey, he casually throws in references to pretty much whatever takes his fancy, from the Mongol invasion of Russia and Mr Khan (Genghis to his Friends), the founding of the MCC, the Black Death (which once again became the new black in England) to the heady revolutionary atmosphere of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" and the deep doo-doo that Louis XVI got into (or 'du-du' as the French would say). It's all here - Ambrose and early-English plainsong, Bach, Mozart (beloved of mobile phones everywhere), Beethoven, Debussy, Wagner (the old romantic), right up to the present day. Entertaining and brilliantly written, this is a pretty reckless romp of a history through classical music and much much more.

About the Author

Stephen Fry is a writer, comedian, presenter, actor, half-man, half demi-god.

Tim Lihoreau regularly writes with Stephen Fry and is the multi-award winning scriptwriter for the Classic FM series The Incomplete & Utter History of Classical Music. He is also Creative Director for Classic FM, and lives in Cambridge.