Roll Over Rock: A Study of Music in Contemporary CultureStainer & Bell, 1981 - 175 pages |
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... notion of genius and the notion of a passive audience : the composer reigning supreme and the audience standing outside . This cerebral approach to music is , in fact , only one of a number of contrasting cultural influences that inform ...
... notion of genius and the notion of a passive audience : the composer reigning supreme and the audience standing outside . This cerebral approach to music is , in fact , only one of a number of contrasting cultural influences that inform ...
Page 41
... notion of common equality . Nevertheless , artists came to exemplify this new concept of freedom and , like the symbols of their art , appeared larger than life . Where 18th - century painters had created orderly and domesticated ...
... notion of common equality . Nevertheless , artists came to exemplify this new concept of freedom and , like the symbols of their art , appeared larger than life . Where 18th - century painters had created orderly and domesticated ...
Page 109
... notion of the Artist as Hero . When theories are put into practice , they often seem less attractive . Wagner has his detractors who point with relish to the less attractive features of his personality . Yet when these are looked at ...
... notion of the Artist as Hero . When theories are put into practice , they often seem less attractive . Wagner has his detractors who point with relish to the less attractive features of his personality . Yet when these are looked at ...
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