Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/133406 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The History of Classical Music Author: Richard Fawkes Narrator: Robert Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 8, 1997 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: World Publisher's Summary: From Gregorian Chant to Henryk Gorecki, the first living classical composer to get into the pop album charts, here 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 Stravinsky and Gorecki, 150 musical excerpts illustrate the narrative.