Musical Lives and Times Examined: Keynotes and Clippings, 2006–2019In this new and final collection, Richard Taruskin gathers a sweeping range of keynote speeches, reviews, and critical essays from the first twenty years of the twenty-first century. With twenty-three essays in total, this volume presents five lectures delivered in Budapest on Hungarian music and ten essays on Russian music. Reviews of contemporary work in musicology and reflections on the place of music in society showcase Taruskin’s trademark wit and breadth. Musical Lives and Times Examined is an essential collection, a comprehensive portrait of a distinguished figure in music studies, illuminating the ideas that have transformed the discipline and will continue to do so. |
Contents
The Many Dangers of Music 1 | 1 |
laci része lacis part | 35 |
Liszt and Bad Taste | 37 |
On Signifiers | 66 |
Why You Cannot Leave Bartók Out | 97 |
Liszts Problems Bartóks Problems My Problems | 125 |
Kodálys Pitiful Lamentand Mine | 143 |
милина часть milas part | 163 |
Tales of Push and Pull | 319 |
Was Shostakovich a Martyr or Is That Just Fiction? | 328 |
Shostakovich and His Quintet | 335 |
pars ricardi primi ricardus primuss part | 361 |
Shooting a White Elephant | 363 |
Is This a Thing? | 383 |
Exoticism and Authenticity | 407 |
Pathos Is Banned | 447 |
Russian Responses to Bach | 165 |
So Much More Than a Composer | 192 |
RimskyKorsakov Catches Up | 211 |
Prokofieffs Problemsand Ours | 244 |
Коле посвящается for Kolya 12 In from the Cold 276 299 | 276 |
Flesh and Blood Juke Box | 309 |
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