The Story of Music

The Story of Music
Chatto & Windus edition
AuthorHoward Goodall
LanguageEnglish
Subjecthistory of classical music
PublisherChatto & Windus, Vintage
Publication date
2013
Pages359
ISBN9780701187521
OCLC802294392
WebsitePlaylists for The Story of Music

The Story of Music is a work of nonfiction by English composer and broadcaster Howard Goodall, first published in 2013 by Chatto & Windus, which covers the history of largely Western classical music from pre-history to 2012. The book is associated with the 2013 BBC2 documentary series Howard Goodall's Story of Music. The book's reception was broadly positive, with the main criticism being of its treatment of Schoenberg and the atonal movement.