This study analyzes music, moving from the personal response of the listener to the cultural and public ramifications of its performance and historical setting. Covering subjects as diverse as the eccentric genius, Glenn Gould, the influence on Wagner's music of his politics, and the formative influence that music had on Proust in "Rememborance of Things Past". The essays contained in this book originated as a series of lectures in cultural theory.
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This study analyzes music, moving from the personal response of the listener to the cultural and public ramifications of its performance and historical setting. Covering subjects as diverse as the eccentric genius, Glenn Gould, the influence on Wagner's music of his politics, and the formative influence that music had on Proust in "Rememborance of Things Past". The essays contained in this book originated as a series of lectures in cultural theory.
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New York. 1991. Columbia University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0231073186. 109 pages. hardcover. keywords: Music Culture. FROM THE PUBLISHER-Music does not have meaning in the same way that words do, but it is not meaningless. Music can evoke powerful emotions, feelings, and memories in every listener. It has private meaning. When one attends or performs a concert, there is a new-public-aspect to our private music. Edward Said examines the intersection of the public and private meaning of music in this brilliant book. inventory #20884.
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