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Conventional wisdom : the content of musical form / Susan McClary.
| Author/creator | McClary, Susan |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000. |
| Description | xiv, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Bloch lectures Ernest Bloch lectures. ^A19935 |
| Contents | Turtles all the way down (on the "purely musical") -- Thinking blues -- What was tonality? -- The refuge of counterconvention -- Reveling in the rubble: the postmodern condition. |
| Abstract | This book reexamines the concept of musical convention. Exploring the ways that shared musical practices transmit social knowledge, this book offers an account of our own cultural moment in terms of two dominant traditions: tonality and blues. The author looks at musical history from new and unexpected angles and moves easily across a broad range of repertoires--the blues, eighteenth-century tonal music, late Beethoven, and rap. As one of the most influential trailblazers in contemporary musical understanding, the author once again moves beyond the borders of the "purely musical" into the larger world of history and society, and beyond the idea of a socially stratified core canon toward a musical pluralism. Those who know the author only as a feminist writer will discover her many other sides, but not at the expense of gender issues, which are smoothly integrated into the general argument. In considering the need for a different way of telling the story of Western music, this book bravely tackles big issues concerning classical, popular, and postmodern repertoires and their relations to the broader musical worlds that create and enjoy them. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-196) and index. |
| LCCN | 99029428 |
| ISBN | 0520221060 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML3795 .M35 2000 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |