Why classical music still matters
By: Lawrence Kramer.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780520250826
Subjects: Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Classical music and its values; title: The fate of melody and the dream of return; title: Score and performance, performance and film : classical music as liberating energy; title: But not for me : love song and the heartache of modern life; title: The ghost in the machine : keyboard rhapsodies; title: Crisis and memory : the music of lost time; title: Persephone's fiddle : the value of classical music.