Music

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What is music, and why do we enjoy it? Drawing on a number of accessible examples, Nicholas Cook prompts us to call on our own musical experiences in order to think more critically about the roles of performer and listener, about music as a commodity, and what it means to understand music and the values we ascribe to it.

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Title Statements

Full title :Music / Nicholas Cook.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2010.
Edition:Illustrated ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Sterling
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

The Physical Object

Description:ix, 178 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 19 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781407275352, 1407275356, 9781402775352, 1402775350
oclc:ocn551719611
LC Classification:ML3916
Dewey Decimal:780

Musical values -- Back to Beethoven -- A state of crisis? -- An imaginary object -- A matter of representation -- Music and the academy -- Music and gender.

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Criticism, interpretation, etc Music Music -- History and criticism Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics Music -- Social aspects Musik -- Gesellschaft Musique -- Aspect social Musique -- Histoire et critique Musique -- Philosophie et esthétique Musique populaire et musique savante Popular music and art music