{"product_id":"2026100011792-secondhand-the-growth-of-music","title":"The Growth Of Music","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the earliest stirrings of medieval polyphony to the grand orchestral achievements of the Romantic era, The Growth of Music by H.C. Colles stands as an authoritative and richly detailed chronicle of Western music's magnificent evolution. Colles, a distinguished music critic and editor of *Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians*, presents the history of music not as a dry sequence of dates and names, but as a living, breathing narrative of human creativity — tracing how melody, harmony, and form developed across centuries of inspired composition and performance.\n\nWritten with the clarity and conviction of a true scholar, this work argues that music is inseparable from the cultural and intellectual currents of its time, illustrating how each great composer both absorbed and transformed the traditions handed down to them. Colles's elegant prose and analytical precision make this an indispensable guide for students, musicians, and enthusiastic amateurs alike. Whether encountering it for the first time or returning to its pages, readers will find themselves drawn ever deeper into the question that animates every chapter: what invisible forces shape the sounds that move us most?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51103134875867,"sku":"2026100011792-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/f32cfb9c-f929-4912-baa5-aa8a61d91d62.png?v=1794449161","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100011792-secondhand-the-growth-of-music","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}