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Vroon Donald <1942-> |
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Classical music in a changing culture : essays from the American Record Guide / / Donald Vroon |
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Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (237 p.) |
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Musical criticism |
Music - Social aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; Elitism; Education and Culture; Don't Educate Us; Entertain Us; Fun; Fads and Trends; The Romantic Art; Orchestra Finances; The New and News; Contemporary Music; Airheads; Marketing and Image; Marketing Idiocy; Marketing and Its Discontents; Seeking Out the Best Things in Life; Multiculturalism; Later: Black Musicians and Marketing; Attracting a Young Crowd; Classical, Rock, and Youth; The Land of the Obvious; On Spiritual Matters; Attentiveness and Judgment; Attentiveness II; Absorption; Feeling; Does Quality Have a Future?; Performance Practice |
Aesthetics and CriticismPPP and True Authenticity; PPP II; Cultural Suicide; Cultural Suicide II; The Golden Age; The Nostalgia Trap; Surtitles; The Death of Service; Distribution; Browsing; Is the Internet the End of Records?; Index; About the Author |
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In Classical Music in a Changing Culture, Donald Vroon takes no prisoners in assessing the challenges and failures and possible successes that confront America's future as a nation of music listeners. Vroon delves into a variety of topics: orchestra finances, contemporary music, classical music marketing, attracting young crowds, musical aesthetics, the future of classical music, the sale and distribution of music in the modern era; the decline of American culture and its |
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causes; the role of misguided ideologies that affect Ame |
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