Why Music?: The Magic of an Elusive Art
Norman Lebrecht
May 2027 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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Why music? Why does it speak to us so deeply? Why do we argue about it so much? And what makes it truly great?
Examining the lives and works of the greatest composers and artists—from Beethoven to The Beatles, Wagner to Winehouse—Norman Lebrecht takes an expansive journey through the history of music in search of answers.
From farmers playing Mozart to soothe cows on Austrian dairy farms to the global churn of pop, streaming and algorithmic sound, Lebrecht looks to our varied, and often contradictory, understandings of music’s purpose, from the therapeutic to the corrupting. Told with characteristic wit and irreverence, Why Music? offers a fresh take on many of our most beloved songs and musicians from one of the most astute musical critics working today.
Examining the lives and works of the greatest composers and artists—from Beethoven to The Beatles, Wagner to Winehouse—Norman Lebrecht takes an expansive journey through the history of music in search of answers.
From farmers playing Mozart to soothe cows on Austrian dairy farms to the global churn of pop, streaming and algorithmic sound, Lebrecht looks to our varied, and often contradictory, understandings of music’s purpose, from the therapeutic to the corrupting. Told with characteristic wit and irreverence, Why Music? offers a fresh take on many of our most beloved songs and musicians from one of the most astute musical critics working today.
Why music? Why does it speak to us so deeply? Why do we argue about it so much? And what makes it truly great?
Examining the lives and works of the greatest composers and artists—from Beethoven to The Beatles, Wagner to Winehouse—Norman Lebrecht takes an expansive journey through the history of ...
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About the author
Norman Lebrecht is the author of twelve works of non-fiction, including the international bestsellers The Maestro Myth, Why Mahler?, The Life and Death of Classical Music, and Why Beethoven?, also available from Pegasus Books. His first novel, The Song of Names, won a Whitbread Award and is now an award-winning film. He writes for the Spectator and the Wall Street Journal, and is working on his fourth novel. He lives in London. Follow him at @NLebrecht and visit normanlebrecht.com.
Norman Lebrecht is the author of twelve works of non-fiction, including the international bestsellers The Maestro Myth, Why Mahler?, The Life and Death of Classical Music, and Why Beethoven?, also available from Pegasus Books. His first novel, The Song of Names, won a Whitbread Award and is now a...
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