Why classical music still matters /
Lawrence Kramer.
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.
- viii, 242 p. ; 22 cm.
"Simpson, imprint in humanities"--P. facing t.p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-237) and index.
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.
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