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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"music criticism"”.
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Musical Thinking as Exemplified in Music Criticism
… processes involved in the formulation of written music criticism. Using John Dewey's definition of thinking as a basis, the works of metacritics Francis Sparshott, Theodore M. Greene, and D. W. Gotshalk and critics Virgil Thomson and M. D. Calvocoressi were surveyed, and their outlines of the …
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Transforming music criticism? An examination of the changes in music journalism in the English broadsheet press from 1981 to 1991
… been awarded specifically to English broadsheet music writing and of the few texts which do touch upon this area many have relied upon the anecdotal accounts of only a handful of authors. As such, this research was undertaken to provide new insights into this relatively untouched area, …
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"The Critic as Magician: The Music Tales of E. T. A. Hoffmann in the Context of the ""Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung"""
… to this well-known advocate of instrumental music. It exemplifies Hoffmann's search for an adequate expression of his insights on opera, and his efforts to contribute to an understanding of the peculiarities of this genre and the new developments of opera music, thus creating a highly …
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Aaron Copland's In the Beginning: context and creative process
… for Harvard University’s Symposium on Music Criticism, this setting of Genesis 1–2:7 was Copland’s reluctant response to Harvard’s request for an a cappella choral work on a text drawn from Hebrew literature. Although Copland’s upbringing was steeped in Jewish traditions and synagogue …
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Polyphonic Thinking: Music and Authority in Early China
What are the socio-political roles of music? Why do people write about music? These are the essential questions underpinning this dissertation. The study interrogates early Chinese thinkers’ engagement with music in political, philosophical, and military treatises of the Warring States (戰國, 453-221 …
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Der Ring des Nibelungen in the New World: the American performance and reception of Wagner's Cycle, 1850-1903
… the central position of Wagner’s operas in art music culture over the past century and a half, the performance and reception of his works in various national contexts has received—and continues to receive—considerable scholarly attention. Of significant interest is the period of the late …
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Variations on a Theme: Forty years of music, memories, and mistakes
How did music play a consistent role through various memories? In this memoir, I look at the sweet, the traumatic and troubling. I use specific songs as connections to lost loved ones. I pin the power of music to the loss of three important people in my life: my sister, father, and mother. Who were …