{"product_id":"the-art-of-appreciation-9780520351677","title":"The Art of Appreciation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the BBC Proms to Bernstein's Young People's Concerts, initiatives to promote classical music have been a pervasive feature of twentieth-century musical life. The goal of these initiatives was rarely just to reach a larger and more diverse audience but to teach a particular way of listening that would help the public appreciate music. This book examines for the first time how and why music appreciation has had such a defining and long-lasting impactwell beyond its roots in late-Victorian liberalism. It traces the networks of music educators, philanthropists, policy makers, critics, composers, and musicians who, rather than resisting new mass media, sought to harness their pedagogic potential. The book explores how listening became embroiled in a nexus of modern problems around citizenship, leisure, and education. In so doing, it ultimately reveals how a new cultural milieuthe middlebrowemerged at the heart of Britain's experience of modernity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures and Music Examples\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Art of Appreciation \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. \"Audiences of the Future\"\u003cbr\u003e The Robert Mayer Concerts for Children (1924–1939)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Victorians on Radio \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMusic and the Ordinary Listener\u003c\/i\u003e (1926–1939)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Music Education on Film\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInstruments of the Orchestra\u003c\/i\u003e (1946)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Outside the Ivory Tower\u003cbr\u003e Extra-Mural Music at the University of Birmingham (1948–1964)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Avant-Garde Goes to School\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eO Magnum Mysterium\u003c\/i\u003e (1960)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e The Middlebrow in an Age of Cultural Pluralism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402936852823,"sku":"9780520351677","price":50.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520351677.jpg?v=1730481904","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-art-of-appreciation-9780520351677","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}