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Fear of Music
David Stubbs
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Description for Fear of Music
Paperback. Examines the parallel histories of modern art and modern music and examines why one is embraced and understood and the other ignored, derided or regarded with bewilderment, as noisy, random nonsense perpetrated by, and listened to by the inexplicably crazed. Series: Zero Books. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AB; AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148.
Modern art is a mass phenomenon. The Tate Modern is the most popular tourist attraction in Europe. Conceptual artists like Tracy Emin and Damien Hirst enjoy celebrity status. Works by 20th century abstract artists like Mark Rothko are selling for record breaking sums at auction, while the millions commanded by works by Andy Warhol and Francis Bacon make headline news. However, while the general public has no trouble embracing avant garde and experimental art, there is, by contrast, mass resistance to avant garde and experimental music, although both were born at the same time under similar circumstances - and despite ... Read more
Modern art is a mass phenomenon. The Tate Modern is the most popular tourist attraction in Europe. Conceptual artists like Tracy Emin and Damien Hirst enjoy celebrity status. Works by 20th century abstract artists like Mark Rothko are selling for record breaking sums at auction, while the millions commanded by works by Andy Warhol and Francis Bacon make headline news. However, while the general public has no trouble embracing avant garde and experimental art, there is, by contrast, mass resistance to avant garde and experimental music, although both were born at the same time under similar circumstances - and despite ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Zero Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846941795
SKU
V9781846941795
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
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99-30
About David Stubbs
David Stubbs is a freelance British music journalist and author. Between 2004 and 2006 he was reviews editor for The Wire, the UK based magazine dedicated to avant garde and experimental music of all genres. Between 1987 and 1988 he was staff writer at Melody Maker, before going on to join the staff of the NME. As well as music, ... Read more
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