A History of Classical Music: A Fun and In-Depth Series For Music Lovers

Hildegard von Bingen was a sainted nun who wrote some of the Medieval Era's most treasured and beautiful sacred chant music and received holy visions from Heaven...or was she just suffering from migraines? Carlo Gesualdo was a Renaissance Italian prince, madrigalist...and murderer! Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a child prodigy and perhaps the greatest musician our world has ever known...but he was also a dirty-minded, immature clown who loved toilet humor. The history of classical music is not just boring dates and mindless facts about long-dead composers. Tracing the path from the beginning of the genre from the Medieval period through today is a long and fascinating journey full of memorable characters and entertaining stories. There's some great music to listen to along the way as well.