Complete Idiot's Guide - Music History

This series of easy-to-use-guides is designed to move the absolute beginner quickly to a degree of expertise that allows them to play an instrument, write a song, compose a piece or purchase a suitable instrument. The books in the series cover a wide range of music-related subjects and, where appropriate, have useful audio CDs to facilitate learning. Michael Miller's guide to music history is interesting and fun, for both music students and older music lovers and covers more than Western "classical" music including non-Western music and uniquely American forms such as jazz. More than just names and dates, it puts musical developments in context with key historical events.