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Musical elaborations
By Said, Edward W.
- ISBN
- 978-0-23107-318-9
- Publisher
- New York : Columbia University Press, c1991.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on May 15, 1991
The emergence of performance as an "extreme occasion'' begins this absorbing analysis of the cultural and social contexts of Western classical music. Said (humanities, Columbia) juxtaposes its specialized, technically superior, and commercially packaged nature against the private worlds of performer and listener, exper...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
