Why Classical Music Still Matters

Explores classical music's nature of subjectivity, the conquest of time and mortality, the harmonization of humanity and technology, the cultivation of attention, and the liberation of human energy.

He succeeds in engaging the reader by putting into words music's complex relationship with individual human drives and larger social needs. In prose that is fresh, stimulating, and conversational, he explores the nature of subjectivity, the conquest of time and mortality, the harmonization of humanity and technology, the cultivation of attention, and the liberation of human energy.

In Lieu of a Preface
1. Classical Music and Its Values 2. The Fate of Melody and the Dream of Return 3. Score and Performance, Performance and Film: Classical Music as Liberating Energy 4. But Not for Me: Love Song and the Heartache of Modern Life 5. The Ghost in the Machine: Keyboard Rhapsodies 6. Crisis and Memory: The Music of Lost Time 7. Persephone's Fiddle: The Value of Classical Music
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