{"product_id":"9781529931396","title":"Sound Tracks : A Musical Detective Story","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Lawson, Graeme \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePrehistory\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 24 April 2025 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 416 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 128 x 25 | 314g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWonderfully engaging, expansive and ambitious, Sound Tracks tells the history of our relationship with music in sixty detective stories, each focusing on the discovery of a musical instrument - or its fragments - in archaeological digs around the world. Taking us from the present day - finding a 100-year-old wax cylinder recording on a flea market - all the way back to the dawn of time - the thrilling discovery of a prehistoric flute - long-lost music is itself reconstructed as we enter the worlds of those who created it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe feel the delight of a child in Peru in 700 AD, playing with a water-filled pot designed to chirp like a bird; we appreciate the difficult task of a soldier sending signals by trumpet to the next watchtower on Hadrian's Wall; we can almost hear the sounds of the sixty-four bells buried in a tomb in China in the 5th century BC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraeme Lawson takes us on a grand tour of the world's greatest musical discoveries, revealing that music is part of human DNA - not just in its role as pastime, entertainment or religious expression but also as a medium in which we commemorate our pasts, communicate with each other, and shape our identities, relationships and communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with verve and passion and brimming with astonishing insights, Sound Tracks is an enthralling alternative history of humanity in which the silences of the past are filled with a wonderful treasure hoard of forgotten sounds and voices.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darling Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54736128999748,"sku":"9781529931396","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/1265\/8244\/files\/9c8fefd53379e073c2a3e9ea149a8f3a.png?v=1752788928","url":"https:\/\/darlingreadsbooks.pro\/products\/9781529931396","provider":"Darling Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}