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Classical music and postmodern knowledge /

A leading cultural theorist and musicologist opens up new possibilities for understanding mainstream Western art music--the ""classical"" music composed between the eighteenth and early twentieth centuries that is, for many, losing both its prestige and its appeal. When this musi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kramer, Lawrence, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1995.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:A leading cultural theorist and musicologist opens up new possibilities for understanding mainstream Western art music--the ""classical"" music composed between the eighteenth and early twentieth centuries that is, for many, losing both its prestige and its appeal. When this music is regarded esoterically, removed from real-world interests, it increasingly sounds more evasive than transcendent. Now Lawrence Kramer shows how classical music can take on new mean.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 297 pages) : music
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-289) and index.
ISBN:9780520918429
0520918428
0585370451
9780585370453
0520088204
9780520088207