Musical elaborations
By: Edward W. Said.
Series: The Wellek library lectures at the University of California, Irvine
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
Subjects: Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics; Music -- Social aspects; Music -- Performance
Description: Examines the performance of Western high-art music, the politicized theorizing of it, and the use of "melody, solitude, and affirmation" in it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.