I've been enjoying Howard Goodall's TV series on the history of
music. It's his personal view and it inspired me to take a look at what
my own might be. Coinciding with this, I had to summarise in ten
minutes a talk that I've been preparing for the WI called "Musical
Spheres" which explores the way that music has been regarded by
philosophers in the past. The challenge was to squeeze this overview,
which ranges from ancient Babylon to contemporary times, into a few
brief minutes and without any off-putting technical terms. When
contemplating this task, the Reduced Shakespeare Company came to mind.
Here is the result.
