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9%OFFMarcia J. Citron - Gender and the Musical Canon - 9780252069161 - V9780252069161
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Gender and the Musical Canon

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Description for Gender and the Musical Canon Paperback. Well written and consistently provocative, Gender and the Musical Canon is a comprehensive and balanced study of women composers and their music. A classic in gender studies in music, it is nonetheless accessible for musically educated lay reader. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: AV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484.

A classic in gender studies in music

Marcia J. Citron's comprehensive, balanced work lays a broad foundation for the study of women composers and their music. Drawing on a diverse body of feminist and interdisciplinary theory, Citron shows how the western art canon is not intellectually pure but the result of a complex mixture of attitudes, practices, and interests that often go unacknowledged and unchallenged.

Winner of the Pauline Alderman Prize from the International Alliance of Women in Music, Gender and the Musical Canon explores important elements of canon formation, such as notions of creativity, professionalism, and reception. Citron surveys ... Read more

A key volume in establishing how the concepts and assumptions that form the western art music canon affect female composers and their music, Gender and the Musical Canon also reveals how these dynamics underpin many of the major issues that affect musicology as a discipline.

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Weight
483g
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252069161
SKU
V9780252069161
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Ref
99-27

Reviews for Gender and the Musical Canon
"I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would be so interested in a scholarly book of this type. As a woman composer and a teacher of music, I felt so connected to the ideas in it and, more importantly, utterly empowered by them. I have recommended it to everyone I know!"
Joan Tower "Important and timely. ... Read more

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