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- catalog abstract ""German and Austrian music of the late eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries stands at the heart of the Western musical canon. In this innovative study of various cultural practices (such as music journalism and scholarship, singing instruction, and concerts), David Gramit examines how music became an important part of middle-class identity. He investigates historical discourses around such topics as the aesthetic debates over the social significance of folk music, various comparisons of the musical practices of ethnic "others" to the German "norm," and the establishment of the concert as a privileged site of cultural activity." "Cultivating Music analyzes the ideologies of German musical discourse during its formative period. Claiming music's importance to both social well-being and individual development, proponents of musical culture sought to secure the status of music as an art integral to bourgeois life. They believed that "music" referred to the autonomous musical work, meaningful in and of itself to those cultivated to experience it properly. The social limits to that cultivation ensured that boundaries of class, gender, and educational attainment preserved the privileged status of music despite (but also by means of) their claims for the "universality" of their canon." "Departing from the traditional focus on individual musical works, Gramit considers the social history of the practice of music in Austro-German culture. He examines the origins of the privileged position of the Western canon in musicological discourses and argues that we cannot fully understand the role that canon has played without considering the interests that motivated its creators."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "German musical culture, 1770-1848".
- catalog contributor b12373832.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""Cultivating Music analyzes the ideologies of German musical discourse during its formative period. Claiming music's importance to both social well-being and individual development, proponents of musical culture sought to secure the status of music as an art integral to bourgeois life. They believed that "music" referred to the autonomous musical work, meaningful in and of itself to those cultivated to experience it properly. The social limits to that cultivation ensured that boundaries of class, gender, and educational attainment preserved the privileged status of music despite (but also by means of) their claims for the "universality" of their canon."".
- catalog description ""Departing from the traditional focus on individual musical works, Gramit considers the social history of the practice of music in Austro-German culture. He examines the origins of the privileged position of the Western canon in musicological discourses and argues that we cannot fully understand the role that canon has played without considering the interests that motivated its creators."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""German and Austrian music of the late eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries stands at the heart of the Western musical canon. In this innovative study of various cultural practices (such as music journalism and scholarship, singing instruction, and concerts), David Gramit examines how music became an important part of middle-class identity. He investigates historical discourses around such topics as the aesthetic debates over the social significance of folk music, various comparisons of the musical practices of ethnic "others" to the German "norm," and the establishment of the concert as a privileged site of cultural activity."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-261) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction : Cultivating music -- Scholarship and the definition of musical cultures -- The dilemma of the popular : the Volk, the composer, and the culture of art music -- Education and the social roles of music -- Performing musical culture : the concert.".
- catalog extent "xi, 272 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0520229703 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
- catalog spatial "Germany".
- catalog spatial "Germany.".
- catalog subject "780/.943/09033 21".
- catalog subject "ML275 .G66 2002".
- catalog subject "Music Germany 18th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Music Germany 19th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Music Social aspects Germany.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : Cultivating music -- Scholarship and the definition of musical cultures -- The dilemma of the popular : the Volk, the composer, and the culture of art music -- Education and the social roles of music -- Performing musical culture : the concert.".
- catalog title "Cultivating music : the aspirations, interests, and limits of German musical culture, 1770-1848 / David Gramit.".
- catalog title "German musical culture, 1770-1848".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".