Music, the Arts, and Ideas: Patterns and Predictions in Twentieth-Century Culture (Centennial Publications of the University of Chicago)
Meyer, Leonard B.
ISBN 10: 0226521435 ISBN 13: 9780226521435
Published by University of Chicago Press, 1994
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Synopsis:
Meyer makes a valuable statement on aesthetics, criteria for assessing great works of music, compositional practices and theories of the present day, and predictions of the future of Western culture. His postlude, written for the book's twenty-fifth anniversary, looks back at his thoughts on the direction of music in 1967.
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Leonard B. Meyer is Benjamin Franklin Professor Emeritus of Music at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Title: Music, the Arts, and Ideas: Patterns and ...
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good