The Ambient Century
From Mahler to Moby--The Evolution of Sound in the Electronic Age
By Mark Prendergast
(Bloomsbury USA, Paperback, 9781582343235, 500pp.)
Publication Date: September 2003
Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover (January 2001)
Categories: Genres & Styles - Electronic, General, History & Criticism - General
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The Ambient Century is the definitive chronicle of a century of musical change. Encyclopedic, yet with a strong narrative, Mark Prendergast covers such diverse artists as Gustav Mahler, Philip Glass, New Order, and Moby. Lively, compelling, and authoritative-and boasting an unmatched discography-The Ambient Century is a treat for music lovers of all kinds. With an introduction by electronic music pioneer Brian Eno.
Mark Prendergast has written about ambient and electronica for newspapers, journals, and magazines worldwide. He lives in London.
"The Ambient Century does what the best music books should do: It makes you hungry to hear the notes again." -Boston Globe
"A wealth of detailed information and cogent observations ... Prendergast has an astonishing grasp of the global scene in popular music and writes with authority and conviction." -Library Journal
"Prendergast's highly stimulating book courses across the last century, criss-crossing happily between classical, jazz, rock, and its subdivisions, charting the myriad ways composers, musicians, and galloping technology have expanded our sonic horizons."
-The Times (London)
"A vast and cogent treatment of the sound that changed the way we experience music...An exceptional piece of music history." -Kirkus Reviews
"The Ambient Century does what the best music books should do: It makes you hungry to hear the notes again."
"A wealth of detailed information and cogent observations . Prendergast has an astonishing grasp of the global scene in popular music..."
"A vast and cogent treatment of the sound that changed the way we experience music..."
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