During the last few decades, most cultural critics have come to
agree that the division between "high" and "low" art is an
artificial one, that Beethoven's Ninth and "Blue Suede Shoes" are
equally valuable as cultural texts. In Who Needs Classical Music?,
Julian Johnson challenges these assumptions about the relativism of
cultural judgments. The author maintains that music is more than
just "a matter of taste": while some music provides entertainment,
or serves as background noise, other music claims to function as
art. This book considers the value of classical music in
contemporary society, arguing that it remains distinctive because
it works in quite different ways to most of the other music that
surrounds us. This intellectually sophisticated yet accessible book
offers a new and balanced defense of the specific values of
classical music in contemporary culture. The paperback edition
includes a new preface from the author, re-contextualizing the
debate ten years out. Who Needs Classical Music? will stimulate
readers to reflect on their own investment (or lack of it) in music
and art of all kinds.
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