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What does classical music mean to the Western world? How has it transformed over the centuries? What relevance does it have today? Julian Johnson inspires readers to explore over a thousand years of music, and examines how music is related to some of the big ideas of Western experience, including spirituality, emotion, the weight of history, and self-identity.

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Geoff Ridden was born in England. He began his academic career as a lecturer at the University of Ghana in 1971, and subsequently spent thirty years at the University of Winchester, taking time out to lecture internationally, before finally settling as Professor at Southern Oregon University. Geoff has published widely on Shakespeare and on Renaissance literature, and also has credits as an actor in Africa, Europe and the USA.

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