Who Needs Classical Music?
Cultural Choice and Musical Value
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Author
Publication
2002-03-11 - Oxford University Press, USA
Language
English
Word Count
37,500 words, Guess
Page Count
150 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivewhoneedsclassica0000john
- Internet Archivewhoneedsclassica00john
- ISBN-139780195146813
- ISBN-100195146816
- Goodreads716455
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- LibraryThing105364
- Library of Congress Control Number2001036632
- OCLC Control Number47297606
- Better World Books9780195146813
- Open LibraryOL7389765M
Classifications
- LCCML3800.J64 2002
- LCCML3800 .J64 2002
Description
"During the last few 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 assumptions about the relativism of cultural judgments. The author maintains that music is more than just "a matter of taste": while some music provides entertainment, or serves as background noise, other music claims to function 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 from most of the other music that surrounds us."--Jacket.
First Sentence
Perhaps nothing seems more futile than a dispute about music.
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