Cursed Questions: On Music and Its Social Practices
Author:   Richard Taruskin
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520344297


Pages:   462
Publication Date:   21 April 2020
Format:   Paperback
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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.

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Author:   Richard Taruskin
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780520344297


ISBN 10:   0520344294
Pages:   462
Publication Date:   21 April 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The History of What? 2. Did Somebody Say Censorship? 3. Haydn and the Enlightenment? 4. Is There a Baby in the Bathwater? On aesthetic autonomy 5. Shall We Change the Subject? A Music Historian Reflects 6. Alte Musik or Early Music ? On pseudohistory 7. Nicht blutbefleckt? 8. What Else? On musical representation 9. Unanalyzable, Is It? 10. Essence or Context? On musical ontology 11. But Aren't They All Invented? On tradition 12. Which Way Is Up? On the sociology of taste 13. A Walking Translation? On musicology east and west Index

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Richard Taruskin is Professor Emeritus of Music at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of a dozen books, including the five-volume Oxford History of Western Music. He was awarded the Kyoto Prize in 2017.

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