Who needs classical music? : cultural choice and musical value / Julian Johnson.
Who needs classical music? : cultural choice and musical value / Julian Johnson.
Who needs classical music? : cultural choice and musical value / Julian Johnson.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Date
2002.
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N781.68013/1
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English
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140 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Musical Values -- Ch. 2. Uses and Abuses -- Ch. 3. Music as Art -- Ch. 4. Understanding Music -- Ch. 5. The Old, the New, and the Contemporary -- Ch. 6. Cultural Choices.
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2002.
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"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 a...
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Who needs classical music? : cultural choice and musical value / Julian Johnson.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-132) and index.
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N781.68013/1
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ISBN
0195146816
9780195146813
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781.68013
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991015241589702626
