Discover Absolute Music, Mechanical Reproduction Compiled And Edited By Arved Ashby Published As Paper Edition

are now the primary way we hear classical music, especially the more abstract styles of “absolute” instrumental music, In this original, provocative book, Arved Ashby argues that recording technology has transformed our understanding of art music, Contesting the laments of nostalgic critics, Ashby sees recordings as socially progressive and instruments of a musical vernacular, but also finds that recording and absolute music actually involve similar notions of removing sound from context.
He takes stock of technology's impact on classical music, addressing the questions at the heart of the issue, This erudite yet concise study reveals how mechanical reproduction has transformed classical musical culture and the very act of listening, breaking down aesthetic and generational barriers and mixing classical music into the soundtrack of everyday life.
Excellent box, worth a reread, Delves into culturestudies speak occasionally, and some of the terms aren't properly defined, but I enjoyed it nonetheless, All the chapters contain nuggets of gold, Excellent. Great consideration of the effects of recording on classical music in particular, from Fischer's Beethoven through Glenn Gould's Bach, to Karajan and into the digital era, Great read, with many excellent footnotes and a strong bibliography, Associate Professor, School of Music, Ohio State UniversityAreas of Expertise Music of fin de siécle Vienna Modernism and postmodern thinking Composition and music criticism Mass media, film studies, popular culture and historiographyProfessor Ashby, a Fulbright scholar and AMSfellow, studies European and American art music of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
His doctoral work was a study of the compositional aesthetics and methodologies of Alban Bergs Lyric Suite for string quartet, The compositional aspects and aesthetic implications of the Schoenberg Berg relationship are the focus of an article in the Journal of the American Musicological Society for which he received theAlfred Einstein Award from the A Associate Professor, School of Music, Ohio State UniversityAreas of Expertise Music of fin de siécle Vienna Modernism and postmodern thinking Composition and music criticism Mass media, film studies, popular culture and historiographyProfessor Ashby, a Fulbright scholar and AMSfellow, studies European and American art music of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
His doctoral work was a study of the compositional aesthetics and methodologies of Alban Bergs Lyric Suite for string quartet, The compositional aspects and aesthetic implications of the Schoenberg Berg relationship are the focus of an article

in the Journal of the American Musicological Society for which he received theAlfred Einstein Award from the AMS.
He edited and contributed to the book Listening to Modernism: Intention, Meaning, and the Compositional Avant garde University of Rohester Press, Professor Ashby has also published on Bergs revisionist use of Peter Altenbergs poetry in his Altenberg Lieder, Benjamin Brittens Symphonic Output, and Frank Zappas Orchestral Works, A recent JAMS article "Schoenberg Boulez and Twelve Tone Composition as Ideal Type" discusses twelve tone music from a cultural historical perspective, using models from social science and the history of science.
He has contributed to the second edition of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and wrote criticism for the American Record Guide betweenand, Education PhD, Yale University M Phil, Yale University BM, Northwestern University BA, English, Northwestern University sitelink,