About this title: 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 range of repertoires - the blues, eighteenth-century tonal music, late Beethoven, and rap. As one of the most ...
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition, 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley Los Angeles London
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780520221062ISBN:0520221060
Description: New in As New jacket. 0520221060 xiv + 206 pp, preface, 5 chapters, notes, index. 6" x 9.25" black half-cloth boards in black DJ (18 oz) read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780520232082ISBN:0520232089
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 205 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ernest Bloch Lectures. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780520221062ISBN:0520221060
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. 1st prtng. Fine in Very Good DJ w/rubbing, small tear. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 2001-10-01
ISBN-13:9780520232082ISBN:0520232089
Description: New. 2000 paperback no marks and is in great condition All of our products are cleaned with an disinfectant for your protection before shipping. read more
"This fantastic book by headline-making musicologist Susan McClary is the book form of a series of lectures that she delivered some years ago. Never afraid of a bit of controversy, McClary attempts to approach music history in a rather taboo, postmodern way. She parallels so-called "classical music" with the development of blues/r&b and attempts to legitimize contemporary and popular musics (including Public Enemy). She looks at the development of music in a way that academia tends to shy away from, and the results are quite refreshing. You may not agree with everything that she says, but then again, you may be sold. Either way you'll be glad you considered what she has to say. I recommend this book because it is incredibly thought provoking and a very easy to read. Unlike many of her colleagues, McClary doesn't need to use a cripplingly large (and verbose) vocabulary to make her points. A definite must read for anyone interested in music!!!"
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