Why classical music still matters /

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In lucid and engaging prose, the book explores the sources of classical music's power in a variety of settings, from concert performance to film and TV, from everyday life to the historical trauma of September 11. Addressed to a wide audience, this book will appeal to aficionados and skeptics a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kramer, Lawrence, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007.
Series:Simpson, imprint in humanities
Subjects:
Music > Philosophy and aesthetics.
Musique > Philosophie et esthétique.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > General.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Classical.
Musikphilosophie
Musikästhetik
Klassische Musik
Musik > Gesellschaft.
Musik > Rezeption.
Musikästhetik.
Ernste Musik > Musikästhetik.
Musik > Gesellschaft > Geschichte > 1990-2007.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Classical music and its values
  • The fate of melody and the dream of return
  • Score and performance, performance and film : classical music as liberating energy
  • But not for me : love song and the heartache of modern life
  • The ghost in the machine : keyboard rhapsodies
  • Crisis and memory : the music of lost time
  • Persephone's fiddle : the value of classical music.

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