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Why Music Matters
David Hesmondhalgh
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Description for Why Music Matters
Listen to David Hesmondhalgh discuss the arguments at the core of 'Why Music Matters' with Laurie Taylor on BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed here. Num Pages: 204 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
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Listen to David Hesmondhalgh discuss the arguments at the core of 'Why Music Matters' with Laurie Taylor on BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03q9q2n/Thinking_Allowed_Why_Music_Matters_Bhangra_and_Belonging/
In what ways might music enrich the lives of people and of societies? What prevents it from doing so? Why Music Matters explores the role of music in...
Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405192422
SKU
V9781405192422
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Ref
99-15
About David Hesmondhalgh
David Hesmondhalgh is Professor of Media and Music Industries at the University of Leeds. He is the author of The Cultural Industries, now in its third edition (2013) and co-author (with Sarah Baker) of a study of working life in three cultural industries, including music, Creative Labour (2011). He is also the editor or co-editor of various collections, including Western...
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“Most notably the book is ambivalent about much of the promises claimed by the advocates of music’s transformative potential, but is never bleak, retaining a refreshing realism about the capacity of music to matter to people, publics and nations across the world.” (New Books In Critical Theory, 19 June 2014)