Classical Music in America: A History of Its Rise and Fall.(Book review)

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Classical Music in America: A History of Its Rise and Fall. By Joseph Horowitz. New York: W. W. Norton, 2005. [xix, 606 p. ISBN 0-393-05717-8. $39.95.] Illustrations, index.

Readers familiar with Joseph Horowitz's earlier books will know the general thrust of the argument of this book. Indeed, distillations of them provide the basis for several important chapters. What is new here, and valuable with regard to current discussions regarding the place of classical music within American society, is that, by developing a narrative history of this entire period, Horowitz is able to ...

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