Taruskin, Richard. <br/><br/>
The danger of music and other anti-utopian essays / 
Richard Taruskin. 
 - Berkeley, Calif. ;  London :  University of California Press,  2008. 
 - xvi, 488 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
 - A Roth Family Foundation book on music in America .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> This work gathers two decades of Richard Taruskin's writing on the arts and politics ranging in approach from occasional pieces for major newspapers to full-scale critical essays. It considers contemporary composition and performance, the role of critics  and historians in the life of the arts, and much more. Taruskin has an orginal voice and his essays are thought-provoking and readable. 
<br/><br/> Specialized. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780520249776 (hbk.) :  £23.95 0520249771 (hbk.) :  £23.95 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Musical criticism.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>780.9