Synopsis
Dunstable created the ever important ''third'', and we know these as major and minor ''thirds''. Howard Goodall explains all.
- Programme: Howard Goodall's Story of Music
- Episode: Part 1
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2013
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Joseph Haydn, the father of the symphony, taught other musicians how to take a simple tune and turn it into 30-40mins of music.
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