Conventional Wisdom: The Content of Musical Form

(Part of the Ernest Bloch Lectures Series)

by Susan McClary

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520232089

ISBN13:9780520232082

Release Date:October 2001

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:219 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.6" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Appreciation Arts, Music & Photography Blues Education & Reference History & Criticism Music Musical Genres Reference Theory, Composition & Performance

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