{"product_id":"classical-music-in-america-a-history-9780393330557","title":"Classical Music in America: A History","description":"\"An opinionated, stimulating account of how classical music failed to establish fruitful roots in America,\" \u003cem\u003eClassical Music in America\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles \"a cultural attitude that has produced many fine artists and striking moments--but no institutional or intellectual support to sustain them\" (\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review). \"An admirable, scholarly volume\" (\u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e), this \"formidable book ... shows how American classical music became a 'performance culture, ' an ersatz-European showplace for celebrity virtuosos, rather than a native-born genre\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e). \"As a comprehensive, convincing analysis of the contemporary dilemma\" of reconciling European heritage with American vision \"and a riveting portrait of the century and a half of events and personalities which brought it about, Mr Horowitz's account would be hard to beat\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/em\u003e). \"Anyone seeking to understand why American classical music has come to so dead an end--and wondering how it might yet escape a final descent into cultural irrelevance--should read Classical Music in America with close attention\" (\u003cem\u003eCommentary\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393330557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.42d","brand":"Joseph Horowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43624000094389,"sku":"9780393330557","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7eb323f9-b605-4141-afad-b055e02b48b8.jpg?v=1707798247","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/classical-music-in-america-a-history-9780393330557","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}