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Howard Goodall is an Emmy, BRIT and BAFTA award-winning composer of choral music, stage musicals, film and TV scores - among them Red Dwarf, QI and Blackadder - as well as a distinguished broadcaster and the author of Big Bangs: The Story of Five Discoveries that Changed Musical History. In recent years he has been England's first ever National Ambassador for Singing, the Classical Brit Composer of the Year, and Classic FM's Composer-in-Residence. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to music education.

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Goodall has a prodigious gift for gathering information. People who know nothing about music will learn a lot here * Sunday Tribune *
Intelligent, infectious * Observer *
Writing a breezy history of music is a tough nut to crack, but Goodall manages it * Independent *

Big Bangs

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage
      Published 8 February 2001
      ISBN-13 9780099283546
      978-0099283546
      ISBN-10 0099283549
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      Entertainment Composers and songwriters Musicians, singers, bands and groups Politics, Philosophy & Society Cultural studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Howard Goodall is an Emmy, BRIT and BAFTA award-winning composer of choral music, stage musicals, film and TV scores - among them Red Dwarf, QI and Blackadder - as well as a distinguished broadcaster and the author of Big Bangs: The Story of Five Discoveries that Changed Musical History. In recent years he has been England's first ever National Ambassador for Singing, the Classical Brit Composer of the Year, and Classic FM's Composer-in-Residence. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to music education.

      Trade Review
      Goodall has a prodigious gift for gathering information. People who know nothing about music will learn a lot here * Sunday Tribune *
      Intelligent, infectious * Observer *
      Writing a breezy history of music is a tough nut to crack, but Goodall manages it * Independent *

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