Gender and the Musical Canon

Name: Gender and the Musical Canon
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ISBN: 9780252069161

ISBN-10: 0252069161

ISBN-13: 9780252069161

Edition: 2000

Authors: Marcia J. Citron

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A classic in gender studies in music, Marcia J. Citron's comprehensive, balanced work lays a broad foundation for the study of women composers and their music. Drawing on a diverse body of feminist and interdisciplinary theory, Citron shows how the western art canon is not intellectually pure but the result of a complex mixture of attitudes, practices, and interests that often go unacknowledged and unchallenged. Winner of the Pauline Alderman Prize from the International Alliance of Women in Music,Gender and the Musical Canonexplores important elements of canon formation, such as notions of creativity, professionalism, and reception. Citron surveys the institutions of power, from performing…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 11/7/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Canonic issues



Creativity



Professionalism



Music as gendered discourse



Reception



The canon in practice


Notes


Bibliography


Index