Classical Music by Nagano, Kent -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Prologue Chapter One: On Cattle Breeders and Trumpets

A Fishing Village Filled with Sound Mother’s Determination The Miracle of Morro Bay Music – School – Music On Teachers and Structure The Golden Age of Classical Music My Dream Bach – Through the Heart to the Head

Chapter Two: Declaration of Bankruptcy in Philadelphia

Concert in a Ghost Town Death in Installments Greetings from Lehman Brothers A Wasting Disease in Wonderland Gray, and Even Grayer Changing Values, Changing World Narrow Education Wishful Thinking, Wished-for People Schoenberg – Collapse and New Beginning

Chapter Three: Classical Music for a Time of Crisis?

Outrage Is the Beginning of All Things Imminent Disappearance Not Just for Elites The Search for Meaning Man’s Foe On the Power of Aesthetic Experiences A Matter of Social Survival What’s Your Mind Made Of? The Promises of Music Beethoven – Superstar

Chapter Four: Heroes on Ice – and no Compromises

Strange Sounds for Young Folk An Orchestra without a Conductor Anything for the Turnaround Strauss, or The Path to a Program Idea Outside the Door Nothing Lasts Forever Frank Zappa, or The Serious Side of the Artist Messiaen – A Glimpse into the Beyond

Chapter Five: Nothing but Music in One’s Head

Diabolus in Musica Music Can Engender More than Words Have a Good Cry! Sweet Expectations Heard a Thousand Times Nothing Comes for Free Classical Music or Pop? A Matter of Perspective Bruckner – Dissolution of Boundaries

Chapter Six: The Unanswered Question

Helmut Schmidt: In No Humor for Pessimism William Friedkin: A Trip with Beethoven Julie Payette: Good Morning, Houston Dirk Nowitzki: Basketball Is Jazz Yann Martel: Perfect Silence Bernstein and Ives – Whither America?

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