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Musicologist Susan McClary on Writing Her Book on 17th Century Western Music
Susan McClary
Susan McClary is Professor of Musicology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Best known for her book, Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality (U. Minnesota Press, 1991), she is a specialist in the cultural criticism and critical theory of music, especially in the European and Western popular canons. She has written widely on subjects like feminism, narrativity and gender issues as expressed in the European music tradition, and is an avid pianist and harpsichordist. |
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Description: Susan McClary, Professor of Musicology at the University of California, Los Angeles, discusses the book she is writing on the history of music in 17th-century Europe. She describes some of the major trends that were shaping music at that time, as well as some of the challenges that a modern musician and writer faces when trying to recapture the original intention of works of the era.
Shoot Date: November 2007 |
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