Highlights of 20th Century Music: 1899-1972
- TV Series
- 2015–2016
- 46h 40m
A 31-part, 47-hour documentary series on the evolution of recorded popular music in the 20th Century, from the dawn of the ragtime era in 1899 (when sound recordings were a new commodity and... Read allA 31-part, 47-hour documentary series on the evolution of recorded popular music in the 20th Century, from the dawn of the ragtime era in 1899 (when sound recordings were a new commodity and sheet music outsold records for home piano consumption) to the start of 1972 (when record... Read allA 31-part, 47-hour documentary series on the evolution of recorded popular music in the 20th Century, from the dawn of the ragtime era in 1899 (when sound recordings were a new commodity and sheet music outsold records for home piano consumption) to the start of 1972 (when recordings totaled more than two billion dollars in sales during that year).