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In Try Whistling This, join a perceptive critic on a pleasurable journey through music and musicians, ideas and history. Andrew Ford traces the concept of dirty dancing back to 1610, marvels at the weirdness of Percy Grainger and considers the decision of Wilhelm Furtwangler to keep conducting under the Nazis. He explores the intersection of words and music, the bugbear of Australian musical identity, and the fundamental importance, in music and in life, of listening. There are essays based on Ford's acclaimed radio series Music and Fashion, as well as a set of illuminating examinations of music-makers from Mozart to Shostakovich, Cole Porter to Bob Dylan. Try Whistling This offers another take on history, told through music, and shows a brilliant communicator in action.

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Author:   Andrew Ford
Publisher:   Black Inc.
Imprint:   Black Inc.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.494kg
ISBN:  

9781863955713

ISBN 10:   1863955712
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   25 July 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Andrew Ford is a composer, writer and broadcaster, and the author of Illegal Harmonies: Music in the Modern Age and The Sound of Pictures: Listening to the Movies, from Hitchcock to High Fidelity.

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