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Why classical music still matters / Lawrence Kramer.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Simpson, imprint in humanitiesPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 242 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520933644
  • 0520933648
  • 9781429471817
  • 1429471816
  • 1433709678
  • 9781433709678
  • 1281752479
  • 9781281752475
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Why classical music still matters.DDC classification:
  • 781.6/8 22
LOC classification:
  • ML3800
Other classification:
  • LR 56800
  • 9,2
Online resources:
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.
Summary: 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 alike.
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"Simpson, imprint in humanities"--Preliminary page

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-237) and index.

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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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 alike.

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