The Shortest History of Music

Andrew Ford is a composer, writer, and broadcaster who has won awards in each of those capacities. In 2014 he was a Poynter Fellow and visiting composer at Yale University, in 2015 visiting lecturer at the Shanghai Conservatory, and in 2018 HC Coombs Creative Arts Fellow at the Australian National University. Ford has written widely on all manner of music, published ten previous books, and has written, presented, and coproduced many radio series, mainly for Australia's national radio.