Taruskin Richard - Cursed Questions On Music And Its Social Practices - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Richard Taruskin's sweeping collection of essays distills a half century of professional experience demonstrating an unparalleled insider awareness of relevant debates in all areas of music studies including historiography and criticism representation and aesthetics musical and professional politics and the sociology of taste. Cursed Questions invoking a famous catchphrase from Russian intellectual history grapples with questions that are never finally answered but never go away. The writings gathered here form an intellectual biography that showcases the characteristic wit provocation and erudition that readers have come to expect from Taruskin making it an essential volume for anyone interested in music politics and the arts.
Title: Cursed Questions On Music And Its Social Practices
Author(s): Taruskin Richard
Publisher: University Of California Press
Barcode: 9780520344297
Pages: 462 Pages, 14 Music Examples, 15 Illustrations
Publication Date: 4/21/2020
Category: Social & Political Philosophy