Why classical music still matters [electronic resource] / Lawrence Kramer.
In lucid and engaging prose, the book explores the sources of classical music's power in a variety of settings, from concert performance to film and TV, from everyday life to the historical trauma of September 11. Addressed to a wide audience, this book will appeal to aficionados and skeptics a...
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Table of Contents:
- Classical music and its values
- The fate of melody and the dream of return
- Score and performance, performance and film : classical music as liberating energy
- But not for me : love song and the heartache of modern life
- The ghost in the machine : keyboard rhapsodies
- Crisis and memory : the music of lost time
- Persephone's fiddle : the value of classical music.