Filling a significant gap in contemporary cultural studies MusicalElaborations examines the intersection of the public and private meaning ofmusic. Incorporatin... » 

Filling a significant gap in contemporary cultural studies MusicalElaborations examines the intersection of the public and private meaning ofmusic. Incorporating the music criticism of Adorno musical ideas from literaryworks by Proust and criticism by Benjamin and de Man into his work notedcritic Edward W. Said discusses performers such as Glenn Gould ArturoToscanini and Alfred Brendel and such composers as Beethoven Wagner andStrauss. «