Toward a Materialist Conception of Music History (Paperback)

Paperback. Toward a Materialist Conception of Music History makes a convincing case for the relevance, appropriateness, and usefulness of historical materialism to the musicological project.The book interrogates the history of encounters between Marxism and music studies both within and outside of the Soviet sphere before staging the missed encounter between classical musicology and Second International Marxism. It concludes by constructing a new framework for understanding the history of style in terms of changes in the forces and relations of musical production. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.