Planet Beethoven
Subtitle: classical music at the turn of the millennium
By: Mina Yang
Series: Music/culture; Music/culture
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780819574855; 9780819574862
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Musicians; Music; Musical canon; Biography; History and criticism
Other titles: Classical music at the turn of the millennium
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-217) and index.
Table of contents: title: "Für Elise" circa 2000; title: Interlude 1. Baby Einstein and classical music for little people; title: From hagiography to pathography; title: Interlude 2. Glenn Gould, the last of the musical geniuses; title: East meets West in the concert hall; title: Millennial passions; title: Interlude 3. The little orange dress; title: Moulin Rouge! and the undoing of opera; title: Interlude 4. The digital concert hall; title: El Sistema L.A.