In 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.
By:
Richard Taruskin
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 36mm
Weight: 771g
ISBN: 9780520392014
ISBN 10: 0520392019
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 27 June 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Contents In Lieu of Dedication: Fine Friends, Presiding Spirits—László Somfai, Lyudmila Kovnatskaya, Richard L. Crocker 1. The Many Dangers of Music LACI RESZE (LACI'S PART) 2. Liszt and Bad Taste 3. Goldmark’s Queen: On Signifiers 4. Why You Cannot Leave Bartók Out 5. Liszt’s Problems, Bartók’s Problems, My Problems 6. Kodály’s Pitiful Lament—and Mine милина часть (MILA'S PART) 7. Russian Responses to Bach 8. So Much More Than a Composer 9. Rimsky-Korsakov Catches Up 10. Prokofieff’s Problems—and Ours 11. Коле посвящается (for Kolya) 12. In from the Cold 13. Flesh and Blood Juke Box 14. Tales of Push and Pull 15. Was Shostakovich a Martyr, or Is That Just Fiction? 16. How to Win a Stalin Prize: Shostakovich and His Quintet PARS RICARDI PRIMI (RICARDUS PRIMUS'S PART) 17. Shooting a White Elephant 18. Is This a Thing? 19. Exoticism and Authenticity 20. Pathos Is Banned 21. Everybody Gotta Be Someplace: On Context 22. Alluring Failure, Exhilarating Defeat 23. Envoi: All Was Foreseen; Nothing Was Foreseen Acknowledgments Index
Richard Taruskin (1945–2022) was Professor Emeritus at University of California, Berkeley, and the author of a dozen books, including The Oxford History of Western Music, major studies of Stravinsky and other topics in Russian music, and an especially influential book of essays on musical performance, Text and Act.
Reviews for Musical Lives and Times Examined: Keynotes and Clippings, 2006–2019
"""It has, inevitably, a valedictory air, but does not on that account lack energy or focus. Quite the opposite: it will surely be a rare reader indeed who does not come away from having read it fascinated, provoked, inspired, or irritated."" * Notes: the Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association *"
