[PDF.81vw] Listening in Paris: A Cultural History (Studies on the History of Society and Culture)

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 | #1595622 in eBooks |  1995-01-13 |  1995-01-13 | File type: PDF

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||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| All-Around Excellent Book|By Arthur Chandler|The overwhelming majority of books about classical music deal primarily with the composers' lives and/or the nature of their music. This book concentrates on the audiences: their changing expectations, evolution of concert settings and social conventions , and many more considerations that have helped define how audiences today appro| |"In a fascinating new book . . . Johnson traces the evolution of audience silence in the concert halls and opera houses of Paris." -- New York Times|From the Back Cover|This book grew from a simple question. Why

Beginning with the simple question, "Why did audiences grow silent?" Listening in Paris gives a spectator's-eye view of opera and concert life from the Old Regime to the Romantic era, describing the transformation in musical experience from social event to profound aesthetic encounter. James H. Johnson recreates the experience of audiences during these rich decades with brio and wit. Woven into the narrative is an analysis of the political, musical, and aesthetic ...

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