The imagining of community in works of Beethoven, Verdi, and Shostakovich
Subtitle: musical means for envisioning community
By: David B. Greene ; with a preface by Melissa A. Butler.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780773446656
Subjects: Beethoven, Ludwig van, -- 1770-1827; Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, -- 1906-1975 -- Criticism and interpretation; Verdi, Giuseppe, -- 1813-1901; Communities in music; Music -- Social aspects; Music -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: When musical arts imagine community; title: Shostakovich and imagining the common good; title: The chorus in Verdi's operas : imagining the individual and the community; title: Beethoven's Ninth symphony : joy-based community and community-based joy.