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Absolute music, mechanical reproduction / Arved Ashby.
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ashby, Arved Mark.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gould, Glenn--Criticism and interpretation.
- Gould, Glenn.
- Schnabel, Artur, 1882-1951--Criticism and interpretation.
- Schnabel, Artur.
- Absolute music.
- Sound recordings--Social aspects.
- Sound recordings.
- Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.
- Music.
- Performance practice (Music)--History--20th century.
- Performance practice (Music).
- Music and technology.
- Sound--Recording and reproducing--Digital techniques.
- Sound.
- MP3 (Audio coding standard)--Social aspects.
- MP3 (Audio coding standard).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (333 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Recordings are now the primary way we hear classical music, especially the more abstract styles of "absolute" instrumental music. In this original, provocative book, Arved Ashby argues that recording technology has transformed our understanding of art music. Contesting the laments of nostalgic critics, Ashby sees recordings as socially progressive and instruments of a musical vernacular, but also finds that recording and absolute music actually involve similar notions of removing sound from context. He takes stock of technology's impact on classical music, addressing the questions at the heart of the issue. This erudite yet concise study reveals how mechanical reproduction has transformed classical musical culture and the very act of listening, breaking down aesthetic and generational barriers and mixing classical music into the soundtrack of everyday life.
- Contents:
- The recorded musical text
- Recording, repetition, and memory in absolute music
- Schnabel's rationalism, Gould's pragmatism
- Digital mythologies
- Beethoven and the iPod Nation
- Photo/phono/porno
- Mahler as imagist.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p.299-308) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612697661
- 9780520945692
- 0520945697
- 9781282697669
- 1282697668
- OCLC:
- 655853281
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