Richard Taruskin

Musical Lives and Times Examined (eBook, ePUB)

Keynotes and Clippings, 2006-2019

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this new and final collection, Richard Taruskin gathers a sweeping range of keynote speeches, reviews, and critical essays from the first twenty years of the twenty-first century. With twenty-three essays in total, this volume presents five lectures delivered in Budapest on Hungarian music and ten essays on Russian music. Reviews of contemporary work in musicology and reflections on the place of music in society showcase Taruskin's trademark wit and breadth. Musical Lives and Times Examined is an essential collection, a comprehensive portrait of a distinguished figure in music studies, illuminating the ideas that have transformed the discipline and will continue to do so.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kensington Books
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780520392021
• Artikelnr.: 66213168

Autorenporträt

Richard Taruskin (1945-2022) was Professor Emeritus at University of California, Berkeley, and the author of a dozen books, including The Oxford History of Western Music, major studies of Stravinsky and other topics in Russian music, and an especially influential book of essays on musical performance, Text and Act.