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Who Needs Classical Music? Cultural Choice and Musical Values

Door Julian Johnson

Categorie
Algemeen Muziek
Boeknummer
#353831-XF34
Titel
Who Needs Classical Music? Cultural Choice and Musical Values
Auteur
Johnson, Julian
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Oxford University Press
Jaar van uitgave
2002
ISBN10
0195146816
ISBN13
9780195146813
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original red boards, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting
'Who Needs Classical Music?' considers the value of classical music in contemporary society, arguing that it remains distinctive because it works in different ways to the other music that surrounds us. Challenging assumptions about the relativism of cultural judgements, the book aims to restore some types of music to the status of aesthetic text.
During the last several decades, most cultural critics have come to agree that the division between 'high' and 'low' art is an artificial one, that Beethoven's Ninth and 'Blue Suede Shoes' are equally valuable as cultural texts. In Who Needs Classical Music?, Julian Johnson challenges these dominant assumptions about the relativism of cultural judgements. The author maintains that music is more than just 'a matter of taste': while some music prov... (Lees verder)ides entertainment, or serves as background noise, other music functions as art. This book considers the value of classical music in contemporary society, arguing that it remains distinctive because it works in quite different ways than most of the other music that surrounds us. In this long essay, Johnson aims to restore classical music's intrinsic aesthetic value and to rescue it from a designation as mere signifier of elitism or refinement. Who Needs Classical Music? is certain to spark debate among cultural critics and have important repercussions for arts policy.
Pagina's
140
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 8,00

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