“A Brief History of Music,” written by the editor-in-chief of one of the largest British radio companies, CLASSIC FM, Daren Henley, is far from a scientific treatise on classical music, but an absolutely unique publication from which you will learn everything you need about music with extraordinary ease know to every cultured person. You will make a unique journey, by the end of which you will understand perfectly, for example, what is the difference between baroque music and the music of the European Middle Ages, modernity from the modern avant-garde, or classics from romance. And also what music was played in the most famous films and what music you should listen to depending on your mood or at a certain time of the day. This modern reference book will help you not only structure your knowledge of classical music and close the blind spots, but will also become your real assistant in amazing world of sounds and melodies.