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Classic Chic: Music, Fashion, and Modernism
Mary E. Davis
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Description for Classic Chic: Music, Fashion, and Modernism
Paperback. Explores the relationship between music and fashion, and discusses the importance of these arts to the rise of transatlantic modernism. This book demonstrates that aesthetic approaches were related to fashion in a manner that was perfectly attuned to the tastes of jazz-age sophisticates. It also considers the role played by the Ballets Russes. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 360 pages, 100 b/w photographs, 6 music examples. BIC Classification: AB; ACX; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Music and fashion: the deep connection between these two expressive worlds is firmly entrenched. Yet little attention has been paid to the association of sound and style in the early twentieth century - a period of remarkable and often parallel developments in both high fashion and the arts, including music. This beautifully written book, lavishly illustrated with fashion plates and photographs, explores the relationship between music and fashion, elegantly charting the importance of these arts to the rise of transatlantic modernism. Focusing on the emergence of the movement known as Neoclassicism, Mary E. Davis demonstrates that new aesthetic approaches were ... Read more
Music and fashion: the deep connection between these two expressive worlds is firmly entrenched. Yet little attention has been paid to the association of sound and style in the early twentieth century - a period of remarkable and often parallel developments in both high fashion and the arts, including music. This beautifully written book, lavishly illustrated with fashion plates and photographs, explores the relationship between music and fashion, elegantly charting the importance of these arts to the rise of transatlantic modernism. Focusing on the emergence of the movement known as Neoclassicism, Mary E. Davis demonstrates that new aesthetic approaches were ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Series
California Studies in 20th-Century Music
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520256217
SKU
V9780520256217
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About Mary E. Davis
Mary E. Davis is Associate Professor in the Department of Music at Case Western Reserve University.
Reviews for Classic Chic: Music, Fashion, and Modernism
"Engaging ... A good book, one certainly worth reading for the wealth of information it contains." Modernism/Modernity "A fascinating study of what turns out to be a most intriguing subject." Musical Times "An important and ambitious in-depth study and no one will come away from reading it without a greater understanding of a fascinating period in the history of modernism ... Read more