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- catalog abstract "No matter how great the worldly success it may enjoy, no matter how high the hype that can be purchased, no matter how large the paying audience can be made to seem, classical music today is in deep trouble. It is not clear whether we can do more than bear witness. With these disturbing words, Samuel Lipman introduces us to his own testimony on the current condition of music - and of our culture itself. His bold essays passionately defend the best in this culture against. What Lipman sees as its growing banalization and politicization. Lipman's expertise in music is unmistakable, but he writes with the general reader in mind - lucidly, nontechnically, arrestingly. His critical range transcends music to address the arts at large, and he never fails to relate the work that he is discussing to its human dimensions and its political context. Lipman's engaging commentary is high-minded, yet never condescending, witty, yet fundamentally. Serious, polemical, yet subtle and unpredictable. From the many pieces in this collection - on topics ranging from opera to Edward Said, from Mao to Mussolini, from the piano as an instrument to Bartok as a pianist - there emerges a portrait of a colorful critical personality, at once analytical and creative. The author chooses his sides with an intelligence that will give both his supporters and his enemies much to think about. This collection is bound to arouse. Dissent, but even Lipman's opponents will concede that he argues with skill and vigor and that he makes a case that needs to be answered.".
- catalog contributor b3756030.
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "Dissent, but even Lipman's opponents will concede that he argues with skill and vigor and that he makes a case that needs to be answered.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 310-318).".
- catalog description "Introduction: The Culture of Classical Music Today -- pt. 1. Composers. 1. Music and Mao. 2. Why Kurt Weill? 3. American Music: The Years of Hope. 4. Lenny on Our Minds. 5. Hugo Weisgall's Six Characters. 6. A New Look at Prokofiev -- pt. 2. Pianists. 7. Rubinstein the Great Entertainer. 8. Bartok at the Piano. 9. Keith Jarrett Joins the Bach Parade. 10. The Pupils of Clara Schumann and the Uses of Tradition. 11. Does the Piano Have a Future? -- pt. 3. Conductors. 12. Willem Mengelberg at the Philharmonic. 13. Pierre Monteux's Success. 14. Toscanini and the Love of Great Music. 15. Roger Norrington and Authentic Performance -- pt. 4. Critics and Writers. 16. James William Davison of The (London) Times. 17. James Huneker and America's Musical Coming-of-Age. 18. Edward Said, Music Critic. 19. But If the Artist Fail? -- pt. 5. Culture and Society. 20. Ivy Litvinov: The Commissar's Wife. 21. The Muse under Mussolini. 22. Say No to Trash: Mapplethorpe and the NEA. 23. Opera and Politics. 24. Backward and Downward with the Arts.".
- catalog description "No matter how great the worldly success it may enjoy, no matter how high the hype that can be purchased, no matter how large the paying audience can be made to seem, classical music today is in deep trouble. It is not clear whether we can do more than bear witness. With these disturbing words, Samuel Lipman introduces us to his own testimony on the current condition of music - and of our culture itself. His bold essays passionately defend the best in this culture against.".
- catalog description "Serious, polemical, yet subtle and unpredictable. From the many pieces in this collection - on topics ranging from opera to Edward Said, from Mao to Mussolini, from the piano as an instrument to Bartok as a pianist - there emerges a portrait of a colorful critical personality, at once analytical and creative. The author chooses his sides with an intelligence that will give both his supporters and his enemies much to think about. This collection is bound to arouse.".
- catalog description "What Lipman sees as its growing banalization and politicization. Lipman's expertise in music is unmistakable, but he writes with the general reader in mind - lucidly, nontechnically, arrestingly. His critical range transcends music to address the arts at large, and he never fails to relate the work that he is discussing to its human dimensions and its political context. Lipman's engaging commentary is high-minded, yet never condescending, witty, yet fundamentally.".
- catalog extent "xii, 318 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Music and more.".
- catalog identifier "0810110512 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0810110768 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Music and more.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press,".
- catalog relation "Music and more.".
- catalog subject "780 20".
- catalog subject "Art and state.".
- catalog subject "ML60 .L468 1992".
- catalog subject "Music History and criticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: The Culture of Classical Music Today -- pt. 1. Composers. 1. Music and Mao. 2. Why Kurt Weill? 3. American Music: The Years of Hope. 4. Lenny on Our Minds. 5. Hugo Weisgall's Six Characters. 6. A New Look at Prokofiev -- pt. 2. Pianists. 7. Rubinstein the Great Entertainer. 8. Bartok at the Piano. 9. Keith Jarrett Joins the Bach Parade. 10. The Pupils of Clara Schumann and the Uses of Tradition. 11. Does the Piano Have a Future? -- pt. 3. Conductors. 12. Willem Mengelberg at the Philharmonic. 13. Pierre Monteux's Success. 14. Toscanini and the Love of Great Music. 15. Roger Norrington and Authentic Performance -- pt. 4. Critics and Writers. 16. James William Davison of The (London) Times. 17. James Huneker and America's Musical Coming-of-Age. 18. Edward Said, Music Critic. 19. But If the Artist Fail? -- pt. 5. Culture and Society. 20. Ivy Litvinov: The Commissar's Wife. 21. The Muse under Mussolini. 22. Say No to Trash: Mapplethorpe and the NEA. 23. Opera and Politics. 24. Backward and Downward with the Arts.".
- catalog title "Music and more : essays, 1975-1991 / Samuel Lipman.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".