This is a course on the history of classical music, but in a completely unusual form. On these pages there is no boring list of dates and events, and you won’t need to memorize a lot of blurry names right away. Instead, you’ll learn about little-known historical facts and meet some of the strangest, funniest, and most astonishing moments connected with music of the last two thousand years. You’ll understand that all famous composers, just like us, have gotten into trouble, fought, and fallen in love—and in the breaks they composed magnificent music.
You don’t need any special knowledge about music. All you need is to step into the world of the unusual, and you will discover within yourself an interest in and love for music. Classical music is not boring, outdated, and incomprehensible. It is wonderful, alive, meaningful, beautiful, moving—and everyone can enjoy it.