In this book, a continuation of Michael Chanan's investigation of the relation between music and society, the author examines the composer in the light of Jurgen Habermas's study of the public sphere. Taking his cue from the German philosopher's remarks about the bourgeois concert audience, the emergence of criticism and the development of autonomous music, Chanan examines the fate of the composer through successive incarnations, from Handel, Bach and Mozart in the eighteenth century by way of Beethoven, Liszt, Wagner, ...
Read More
In this book, a continuation of Michael Chanan's investigation of the relation between music and society, the author examines the composer in the light of Jurgen Habermas's study of the public sphere. Taking his cue from the German philosopher's remarks about the bourgeois concert audience, the emergence of criticism and the development of autonomous music, Chanan examines the fate of the composer through successive incarnations, from Handel, Bach and Mozart in the eighteenth century by way of Beethoven, Liszt, Wagner, Mahler and Debussy in the nineteenth, to Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Bartok, Gershwin, Weill, Ellington, Cage and Boulez in the twentieth. Drawing upon recent work in feminist and gay musicology, the book ranges over themes such as subjectivity and identity in Schubert and Chopin, the ascendancy of the Romantic personality, the lure of the exotic in Milhaud's work, and the political economy of music. A detailed history of the idea of the composer as a public figure, Chanan's book charts both the dramatic change in the listening audience and, simultaneously, the composer's progressive marginalization from the centre of musical life. "It is undoubtedly true, as the music critic Hans Keller used to observe, that more people nowadays hear a single broadcast of a new work by an avant-garde composer than would have heard all Beethoven's symphonies in his own lifetime. But the effects are not only quantitative; they also include radical alterations in the relationship between the audience and the object of aesthetic consumption, which seriously affect the situation of the composer, whose audience may now be wider and larger, but also becomes ever more fragmented and anonymous."
Read Less
Add this copy of From Handel to Hendrix: the Composer in the Public to cart. $5.53, like new condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Verso.
Add this copy of From Handel to Hendrix: the Composer in the Public to cart. $5.53, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Verso.
Add this copy of From Handel to Hendrix: the Composer in the Public to cart. $5.88, good condition, Sold by HPB-Red rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Verso.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
Add this copy of From Handel to Hendrix: the Composer in the Public to cart. $6.00, very good condition, Sold by BiblioMadness rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Worthington, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Verso.
Add this copy of From Handel to Hendrix: the Composer in the Public to cart. $9.00, very good condition, Sold by Powell's Books Chicago rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Verso.
Add this copy of From Handel to Hendrix: the Composer in the Public to cart. $9.00, good condition, Sold by Powell's Books Chicago rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Verso.
Add this copy of From Handel to Hendrix: the Composer in the Public to cart. $9.98, very good condition, Sold by EdmondDantes Bookseller rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Minneapolis, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Verso.
Add this copy of From Handel to Hendrix: the Composer in the Public to cart. $15.00, like new condition, Sold by Mom and Pop's Bookshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wakefield, RI, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Verso.
Add this copy of From Handel to Hendrix: the Composer in the Public to cart. $16.58, very good condition, Sold by Orbiting Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, HEREFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1999 by Verso.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very good. Bumped edges. Marks to the edge of the pages. Slight Scratches on Dust Jacket. Appears unread, may have minor damage from transit/storage. Next working day dispatch from the UK (Mon-Fri). Please contact us with any queries.
Add this copy of From Handel to Hendrix the Composer in the Public to cart. $20.00, like new condition, Sold by T A Borden Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Olney, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Verso.
