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Classical Music in America: A History

Classical Music in America: A History

Horowitz, Joseph

Paperback

Classical MusicMusic Reference

ISBN10: 0393330559
ISBN13: 9780393330557
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: Oct 17 2007
Pages: 624
Weight: 2.04
Height: 1.42 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
An opinionated, stimulating account of how classical music failed to establish fruitful roots in America, Classical Music in America chronicles a cultural attitude that has produced many fine artists and striking moments--but no institutional or intellectual support to sustain them (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). An admirable, scholarly volume (Times Literary Supplement), this formidable book ... shows how American classical music became a 'performance culture, ' an ersatz-European showplace for celebrity virtuosos, rather than a native-born genre (The New Yorker). As a comprehensive, convincing analysis of the contemporary dilemma of reconciling European heritage with American vision and a riveting portrait of the century and a half of events and personalities which brought it about, Mr Horowitz's account would be hard to beat (The Economist). Anyone seeking to understand why American classical music has come to so dead an end--and wondering how it might yet escape a final descent into cultural irrelevance--should read Classical Music in America with close attention (Commentary).

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