Adorno on Popular Culture
Adorno on Popular Culture

Author: Robert Winston Witkin

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780415268257

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Unpacks Adorno's critique of popular culture in an engagingly, looking at the development of theories of authority, commodification and negative dialectics. Goes on to consider Adorno's writing on specific aspects of popular culture.

The International Guide to Building a Classical Music Library
The International Guide to Building a Classical Music Library

Author: Bill Parker

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9781878427595

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In this edition Bill Parker expands and updates his previous selections and offers the consensus choices for the very. best classical recordings on compact disc. His knowledgeable comments on both new and old releases provide a valuable shortcut to those trying to sort out the relative merits of the past century of recording art. For the first time, this edition includes international record numbers for those collectors who prefer imported editions. With each musical period prefaced by a brief history, this edition truly becomes an indispensable reference guide for any new and curious collector.

Music and the Emotions
Music and the Emotions

Author: Malcolm Budd

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-11-01

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1134882106

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It has often been claimed, and frequently denied, that music derives some or all of its artistic value from the relation in which it stands to the emotions. This book presents and subjects to critical examination the chief theories about the relationship between the art of music and the emotions.