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The Danger of Music and Other Anti-Utopian Essays
Richard Taruskin
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Description for The Danger of Music and Other Anti-Utopian Essays
Paperback. Features a collection of essays that considers the contemporary composition and performance, the role of critics and historians in the life of the arts, and the fraught terrain where ethics and aesthetics interact and at times conflict. This title also considers the rights and obligations of artists in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Num Pages: 506 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 3 line illustrations, 3 music examples. BIC Classification: AV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 714. 506 pages, Illustrations. Features a collection of essays that considers the contemporary composition and performance, the role of critics and historians in the life of the arts, and the fraught terrain where ethics and aesthetics interact and at times conflict. This title also considers the rights and obligations of artists in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AV. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 30. Weight: 698.
"The Danger of Music" gathers some two decades of Richard Taruskin's writing on the arts and politics, ranging in approach from occasional pieces for major newspapers such as "The New York Times" to full-scale critical essays for leading intellectual journals. Hard-hitting, provocative, and incisive, these essays consider contemporary composition and performance, the role of critics and historians in the life of the arts, and the fraught terrain where ethics and aesthetics interact and at times conflict. Many of the works collected here have themselves excited wide debate, including the title essay, which considers the rights and obligations of artists in ... Read more
"The Danger of Music" gathers some two decades of Richard Taruskin's writing on the arts and politics, ranging in approach from occasional pieces for major newspapers such as "The New York Times" to full-scale critical essays for leading intellectual journals. Hard-hitting, provocative, and incisive, these essays consider contemporary composition and performance, the role of critics and historians in the life of the arts, and the fraught terrain where ethics and aesthetics interact and at times conflict. Many of the works collected here have themselves excited wide debate, including the title essay, which considers the rights and obligations of artists in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
506
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
798g
Number of Pages
506
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520268050
SKU
V9780520268050
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About Richard Taruskin
Richard Taruskin is Class of 1955 Chair of Music at the University of California, Berkeley and is the author of Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions (UC Press), among many other books.
Reviews for The Danger of Music and Other Anti-Utopian Essays
"This is one of the most important books about music you'll read this year... No one has bridged the gap between music scholarship and mainstream media as virtuosically as Taruskin."
Tom Service The Guardian "Very entertaining."
Michael Kimmelman New York Review Of Books "A collection of essays by the fearsomely intelligent Berkeley-based musicologist [offering] a passionately engaging perspective." ... Read more
Tom Service The Guardian "Very entertaining."
Michael Kimmelman New York Review Of Books "A collection of essays by the fearsomely intelligent Berkeley-based musicologist [offering] a passionately engaging perspective." ... Read more