"What draws listeners to music--not just to classical music, but to any music-- is what cannot be paraphrased: the stuff that sets your voice a-humming, your toes a-tapping, your mind's ear ringing, your ear's mind reeling. And that is not the kind of response anyone's books can instill. It is picked up, like language, from exposure and reproduction, which eventually lead to internalization."I think it is time to head to the library and take a serious look at The Oxford History of Music.
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Elaine,
I've started a discussion on the Tarusking piece over at Holde Kunst. I recommend MUCH of Taruskin's writing. He is the master. But I can't condone his over-the-top meanness in this book review and plan to spend the next few days telling everyone why. The Shostakovich book, though, is wonderful.
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