Description: Further DetailsTitle: Why Classical Music Still MattersCondition: NewISBN-10: 0520258037EAN: 9780520258037ISBN: 9780520258037Publisher: University of California PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/07/2009Description: 'What can be done about the state of classical music?' Lawrence Kramer asks in this elegant, sharply observed, and beautifully written extended essay. Classical music, whose demise has been predicted for at least a decade, has always had its staunch advocates, but in today's media-saturated world there are real concerns about its viability. "Why Classical Music Still Matters" takes a forthright approach by engaging both skeptics and music lovers alike. In seven highly original chapters, "Why Classical Music Still Matters" affirms the value of classical music - defined as a body of nontheatrical music produced since the eighteenth century with the single aim of being listened to - by revealing what its values are: the specific beliefs, attitudes, and meanings that the music has supported in the past and which, Kramer believes, it can support in the future. "Why Classical Music Still Matters" also clears the air of old prejudices. Unlike other apologists, whose defense of the music often depends on arguments about the corrupting influence of popular culture, Kramer admits that classical music needs a broader, more up-to-date rationale.He succeeds in engaging the reader by putting into words music's complex relationship with individual human drives and larger social needs. In prose that is fresh, stimulating, and conversational, he explores the nature of subjectivity, the conquest of time and mortality, the harmonization of humanity and technology, the cultivation of attention, and the liberation of human energy.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 15mmItem Weight: 272gAuthor: Lawrence KramerGenre: Music Dance & TheatreRelease Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Why Classical Music Still Matters
Title: Why Classical Music Still Matters
ISBN-10: 0520258037
EAN: 9780520258037
ISBN: 9780520258037
Release Date: 01/07/2009
Release Year: 2009
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Why Classical Music Still Matters
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Topic: Philosophy & Social Aspects, Genres & Styles / Classical
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2009
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Music
Item Weight: 9.6 Oz
Author: Lawrence Kramer
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
