Stephen Fry's Incomplete & Utter History Of Classical Music

Hello, I'm Stephen Fry. Now time for the first outing of a new feature here on The Incomplete Utter History of Classical Music, putting some figures in music under the spotlight. In his Incomplete Utter History of Classical Music, Stephen Fry presents a rambling 700-year history of classical music and the world as we know it. Along this musical journey, he references topics from the Mongol invasion of Russia and Genghis Khan, to the founding of the MCC, the Black Death, and the revolutionary atmosphere of Mozart's Don Giovanni, as well as the consequences faced by Louis XVI. It includes mentions of Ambrose, early English plainsong, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Debussy, Wagner, up to the present day. Entertaining and brilliantly written, this book is a lively romp through classical music history and beyond.