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December 1, 2007
Contemporary Readings: Reading List
Greetings MM Students,
Here is the reading list for MUS 685. This is more or less the order that we'll read them in, but feel free, of course, to browse them all and start reading whatever interests you. I'll have a more detailed reading schedule for you at the first class meeting, which will be Tuesday 8 January 4-7 pm.
These books will not be available in the WOU bookstore. You may be able to find used copies of many of them online or at Powell's Books. Please obtain them all before the first meeting.
• Stuart Isacoff: Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization
• Bruno Nettl: Heartland Excursions: Ethnomusicological Reflections on Schools of Music
• Joshua Fineberg: Classical Music, Why Bother?: Hearing the World of Contemporary Culture through a Composer's Ears
• Christopher Small: Musicking: The Meanings of Performing and Listening
• Elijah Wald: Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues
• William Benzon: Beethoven’s Anvil: Music in Mind and Culture
• Chuck Klosterman: Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
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