The Power of the Moment Essays on the Western Musical Canon |
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| Author:
| Boykan, Martin |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57647-164-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2011 |
| Publisher: | Boydell & Brewer, Limited
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $98.95 |
Book Description:
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This is a collection of critical essays on some of the most familiar works from the musical canon. Not unlike literary essays by poets or novelists, it pointedly avoids abstract constructs in order to elucidate what it is that we actually experience in the course of a performance.
This is a collection of critical essays on some of the most familiar works from the musical canon. Not unlike literary essays by poets or novelists, it pointedly avoids abstract constructs in order to elucidate what it is that we actually experience in the course of a performance.