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Conventional Wisdom

The Content of Musical Form

Conventional Wisdom( )
Author: McClary, Susan
Series title:Ernest Bloch Lectures
ISBN:978-0-520-22106-2
Publication Date:May 2000
Publisher:University of California Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $85.00
Book Description:

With her usual combination of erudition, innovation, and spirited prose, Susan McClary reexamines the concept of musical convention in this fast-moving and refreshingly accessible book. Exploring the ways that shared musical practices transmit social knowledge, Conventional Wisdom offers an account of our own cultural moment in terms of two dominant traditions: tonality and blues.McClary looks at musical history from new and unexpected angles and moves easily across a broad...
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Book Details
Pages:219
Detailed Subjects: Music / Instruction & Study / Theory
Music / Genres & Styles / Blues
Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.25 x 0.75 Inches
Book Weight:1.02 Pounds



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