{"product_id":"producing-excellence-the-making-of-virtuosos-9780813570051","title":"Producing Excellence The Making of Virtuosos","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDriven by a passion for music, for excellence, and for fame, violin soloists are immersed from early childhood in high-pressure competitions, regular public appearances, and arduous daily practice. An in-depth study of nearly one hundred such children, \u003cem\u003eProducing Excellence\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates the process these young violinists undergo to become elite international soloists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"To all those kids out there dreaming of reaching the highest levels of classical music fame, this book whispers be careful what you wish for.\" 5-star review * Foreword Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\"Employing ethnographic evidence that is breathtaking in scope, professor Wagner combines illuminating analysis with compelling and often poignant narrative. Soundly organized and lucidly written, \u003ci\u003eProducing Excellence \u003c\/i\u003epresents an intimate and insightful view of a fascinating art world.\" -- Paul DiMaggio * A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University *\u003cbr\u003e\"Wagner's \u003ci\u003eProducing Excellence\u003c\/i\u003e is a first-rate piece of ethnographic observation, a solid work of sociological analysis, and a fascinating story of the complex and at times cruel world that produces the violin virtuosi we read about in the newspapers.\" -- Howard Becker * author of Art Worlds *\u003cbr\u003e\"The narrative of the child prodigy bewitches parents, and not just when it comes to music. We’re taught that the cost of genius is instability or underdevelopment in other areas, but we rarely hear about the people who finish third through tenth. Also-rans make up the vast majority in every race, but in any field of elite competition the losers have to subject themselves to the same work, same costs, same instability, same underdevelopment, but without the glory or affirmation that come with making it. We like to believe that the winners were that much better or tried that much harder, but the difference between the two is often an arbitrary twist of fate or a powerful person’s whim.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Read the full article \u003cb\u003ehere \u003c\/b\u003e(http:\/\/bit.ly\/1NroPNt) * New Republic *\u003cbr\u003e\"As several sociologists writing about music worlds, Wagner is herself deeply embedded within the field studied … She reports with rare intellectual honest the methodological \u003ci\u003epros\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003econs\u003c\/i\u003e deriving from this 'embedded researcher' condition … Hopefully her book will help in proving artistic careers as a significant research field not only for sociologists of arts and culture, but also of education and work.\" * Sociologica *\u003cbr\u003e\"A keen-eyed participant-observer study of the career training of violin virtuosi.\" * London Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Prelude—Scandal on the Stage\u003cbr\u003e 1          A Short History of the Virtuoso Profession\u003cbr\u003e 2          Before Entering Soloist Class: Early Socialization of Soloist Students\u003cbr\u003e 3          Triad Collaboration: First Stage of Soloist Education\u003cbr\u003e 4          Crisis and Career Coupling: The Second Stage of Soloist Education\u003cbr\u003e 5          Entrance into Adult Career: The Third Stage of Soloist Education\u003cbr\u003e 6          The Soloist Class Students’ Careers\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Career Coupling and Nothing New in the Soloist World\u003cbr\u003e Appendix        Difficulties and Limits: Some Methodological Aspects about Attachment and Distance within Ethnographic Work\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768156389719,"sku":"9780813570051","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813570051.jpg?v=1758716598","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/producing-excellence-the-making-of-virtuosos-9780813570051","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}