Reviews for Music and Manners in the Classical Period (1898)

The average rating for Music and Manners in the Classical Period (1898) based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-02-02 00:00:00 Julia Nelson A very comprehensive overview of sung music and style of vocal production. Fascinated by the later conclusions of loss of text in classical singing compared to pop. This is as much a historical and sociological primer or survey as a teachnical description.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-11-03 00:00:00 Edward Joseph Cross Ned Rorem is (was?) a twentieth century raconteur and music composer, a guy who rubbed elbows (and apparently a bit more than that) with many famous and near-famous cultural figures. His memoir is a feast, something you read while curled up in a chair with a cup of filthy jasmine tea. In the hands of a lesser writer, this kind of thing would amount to little more than narcissistic grandstanding. But Rorem's insights are keen and his prose is somehow lyrical and muscular at the same time. You don't have to know anything about music to enjoy his expositions on the subject. In fact, you don't have to know much about anything. Rorem will fill you in.