The Shortest History of Music is an interesting book packed with information. The book looks extensively at the history of music from the earlies known music until the present. The book included relevant quotes and photos as well. While I was impressed by the book and the amount I was able to learn about music, it was so information dense that at times it become a little overwhelming. I feel like this is a book that you could read multiple times and learn more each time. I think that everyone could learn something about this book no matter what type of music you listen to. I enjoyed reading this book and learning more about a topic that interests me.

I kind of want to get a print copy of this so I can go back through it while sampling the music it talks about. Even though this is a fairly short book, it's packed with details about the history of music. Going all the way back to the beginning and up to the present, there are people and themes and particular works.
It never occurred to me that music evolved because people learned how to make different instruments and because we learned how to write musical notation, but of course that makes sense. Some works are lost to time for one reason or another, and I was genuinely distressed to find out the Brandenburg Concertos were almost lost. There's so much to talk about here.
Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this