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Exploring music's cultural essence and survival.

If you've ever felt overwhelmed by today's musical landscape, then "Music - Healing The Rift" is for you. Ivan Hewett masterfully dissects the omnipresence of music in modern life and champions the need to preserve its true cultural significance. It's a thought-provoking read that'll change the way you listen to music.

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ISBN: 9780826476098
Authors: Ivan Hewett
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Date of Publication: 2005-04-29
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Personal Development, Art, Music
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The word 'music' in the early 21st century means many things. It means Mozart in the elevator, 50s pop songs on TV adverts, Finnish folk songs on Nokia 'phones. It means inflammatory Serbian nationalist song, ancient Coptic Church chant, Berlin electronica, Wynton Marsalis. Given this bewildering abundance, how we can speak of a single thing called 'music'? This book will argue that we can. More than that, it will argue that a vast area of cultural practice is at risk of vanishing behind the deafening roar of all those dead simulations of music that fill the airwaves. In this passionately argued and convincing book, Ivan Hewett reclaims the unique place music should have in our culture in its own right.
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Exploring music's cultural essence and survival.

If you've ever felt overwhelmed by today's musical landscape, then "Music - Healing The Rift" is for you. Ivan Hewett masterfully dissects the omnipresence of music in modern life and champions the need to preserve its true cultural significance. It's a thought-provoking read that'll change the way you listen to music.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.