The Invention of 'Folk Music' and 'Art Music'

Matthew (Boston College, Massachusetts) Gelbart

Cambridge University Press, 2007

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This book considers the origins and implications of the way in which we categorize music. Matthew Gelbart argues that folk music and art music became meaningful concepts only in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and affect the way we create, perform and listen to music.

ISBN-13
9780521863032
ISBN-10
0521863031
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2007
Publication date
2007-10-11
Pages
300
Dimensions
241x165x23
Weight
602