Sound Tracks: An Archaeological Journey Through Our Musical Past
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What if you could hear the history of the world through a bronze bell buried deep in the ground? Or a fine, old terra-cotta pot? Or a long, hollow strip of a mammoth's tusk?
In Sound Tracks, Graeme Lawson explores our rich and ancient history of music-making through sixty musical objects and the thrilling accounts of the archaeological digs in which they were discovered. We stumble upon a German harmonica found on a 19th century American battlefield, a 1,300-year-old Peruvian flask designed to warble like a bird, a Stone Age flute calcified within the unlikely depths of a cave in Southwestern France—all the while unearthing the vibrant worlds of the people that once made music and meaning with them.
One of the world’s foremost archaeologists, Lawson leaves no stone unturned, ushering the reader from the present day all the way back to the dawn of time, revealing music’s role as an essential medium through which we commemorate our histories, form our identities, and communicate our dreams for the future. Expansive in its scope and brimming with lively, unforgettable insights, Sound Tracks lends an ear to an unheard past, offering an exhilarating new portrait of music as an ancient and magical force.
Details
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Author
- Graeme Lawson
- Format
- Hardcover
- Published
- Oct 27, 2026
- ISBN-13
- 9780593320365
- ISBN-10
- 0593320360
- Pages
- 416
- Carton quantity
- 12 copies
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