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Key Changes: Radio 3's Essential History of Classical MusicEpisodes Available now

1182: Raising Notre-Dame
The year is 1182. Notre-Dame de Paris is consecrated, and new musical ideas are born.

1150: Songs of the Troubadours
In the 1150s, the King of the Troubadours meets Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.

1026: As simple as do-re-mi
The year is 1026. Monk Guido d'Arezzo causes a musical revolution with a new invention.

Introducing Key Changes: Radio 3's Essential History of Classical Music
Journey through 1000 years of classical music with Gillian Moore and eminent historians.