The Making of Music
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/makingofmusic/timeline/index.shtml
The British Broadcasting Corporation’s 1,000-year overview on the history of classical music, “The Making of Music” compiled by James Naughtie, reveals a classical tradition amassed from composers and performers’ reactions to social change or religious and state impositions that limited their craft. From Henry Purcell’s artistic freedom upon the monarchy’s restoration in England to Beethoven’s echoing of egalitarian ideals of the French Revolution, the site’s timeline spans the Medieval to the Romantic. A reference point for the neophyte or the classical enthusiast, the site illustrates the idea of classical music as a recorder of history.
by Joshua Barajas
The British Broadcasting Corporation’s 1,000-year overview on the history of classical music, “The Making of Music” compiled by James Naughtie, reveals a classical tradition amassed from composers and performers’ reactions to social change or religious and state impositions that limited their craft. From Henry Purcell’s artistic freedom upon the monarchy’s restoration in England to Beethoven’s echoing of egalitarian ideals of the French Revolution, the site’s timeline spans the Medieval to the Romantic. A reference point for the neophyte or the classical enthusiast, the site illustrates the idea of classical music as a recorder of history.
by Joshua Barajas
