Noise. The History of Humanity. An Extraordinary Acoustic Journey Through Time and Space

What did the past sound like? What was the world like without cars, airplanes, and electricity? What did a person hear while walking the streets of a medieval city, or even during the era of the first civilizations, when the... Earth was still so sparsely populated? — Historian, journalist, and musician Kai-Ove Kessler introduces us to a variety of sources of noise, both natural and associated with progress and technological development, presenting the history of humanity in an unusual and captivating perspective. “Studying the history of noise comes with one problem. Noises and sounds are fleeting and disappear without a trace. It wasn't until the late 19th century that it became possible to preserve and reproduce them. To describe the sounds of preceding eras, we must seek other sources: diaries, travelers' tales, reports, ship logs, as well as paintings, drawings, sculptures, reliefs, measurement results, architectural plans, mechanical constructions, blueprints, psychoacoustic data, anatomical studies, and even archaeological finds… And now — let’s go! Allow me to guide you through the pages of this multi-faceted history.”