S01E01 The Age of Discovery
In this episode, Goodall charts the development of the oldest intact form of music, the 'Gregorian' chant. He reveals how medieval musicians built up the basic elements of music until the explosion of secular folk...
Howard Goodall's Story of Music
S01E02: The Age of Invention
Howard Goodall looks at the extraordinarily fertile musical period between 1650 and 1750, in which many of the musical innovations we take for granted today were invented. The orchestra; the overture, which led, ultimately, to the symphony; satisfying chord sequences, which gave music a forward momentum; modern tuning, which, for the first time, allowed composers to move from one key to any other they chose, and for different instruments to easily play together; the concerto, the oratorio, and, not least, the piano.
Overview
Shown as six one-hour programmes on BBC2, "Story of Music" presents Howard’s personal view of the musical timeline from the stone age to the digital age, including the influence of classical music on the growth of popular music as well as the evolution of blues, jazz and world music.
Episodes
S01E02 The Age of Invention
Howard Goodall looks at the extraordinarily fertile musical period between 1650 and 1750, in which many of the musical innovations we take for granted today were invented. The orchestra; the overture, which led, ultimately, to...
S01E03 The Age of Elegance & Sensibility
The composer examines the age of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Chopin. This period from 1750 to 1850 saw composers going from being paid, liveried servants of princes and archbishops to working as...
S01E04 The Age of Tragedy
In the fourth part, composer 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. Inspired by...
S01E05 The Age of Rebellion
In the fifth episode, 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, played, and sold, forever. The death...
S01E06 The Popular Age
In the sixth and final episode, composer Howard Goodall looks at the popular age - the last hundred years in music.
