The Danger of Music: And Other Anti-Utopian Essays

by Richard Taruskin

Book Overview

The Danger of Music gathers some two decades of Richard Taruskin's writing on the arts and politics, ranging in approach from occasional pieces for major newspapers such as the New York Times to full-scale critical essays for leading intellectual journals. Hard-hitting, provocative, and incisive, these essays consider contemporary composition and performance, the role of critics and historians in the life of the arts, and the fraught...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520268059
• ISBN13: 9780520268050
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 506 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"