Class, Control, and Classical Music

by Bull and Anna Bull

Why is classical music predominantly the preserve of the white middle classes? Contemporary associations between classical music and social class remain underexplored, with classical music primarily studied as a text rather than as a practice until recent years. In order to answer this question, this book outlines a new approach for a socio-cultural analysis of classical music, asking how musical institutions, practices, and aesthetics are shaped...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197646069
• ISBN13: 9780197646069
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.4"