Howard Goodall's Story of Music - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
The Age of Discovery
Composer Howard Goodall traces the development of music from the religious 'Gregorian' chant to the growth of instrumental and folk music between 1000 and 1600.
The Age of Invention
Howard Goodall looks at the fertile musical period between 1650 and 1750, in which many of the musical innovations we take for granted today were invented.
The Age of Elegance & Sensibility
Howard Goodall looks at the age in which composers went from being the paid servants of princes and archbishops to working as freelancers.
The Age of Tragedy
Howard Goodall examines the music of the middle to late 19th century, in which a craze for operas and music that dealt with death and destiny swept Europe.
The Age of Rebellion
Composer Howard Goodall looks at the period when modernism in music arrived, and when the birth of recorded sound changed the way music was heard forever.
The Popular Age
Composer Howard Goodall looks at the popular age - the last hundred years in music. A period when classical music seemed to many to be in retreat.
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[NOTE: Episodes shown only in the UK are listed in Season 0, first digit of episode number indicated UK series.]
