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100 _aNicholas Cook
245 _aMusic: A Very Short Introduction
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _bOxford University Press
_c2005
300 _a 143 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 18 cm.
490 _a Very short introductions
505 _a Musical values -- Back to Beethoven -- A state of crisis? -- An imaginary object -- A matter of representation -- Music and the academy -- Music and gender -- Conclusion.
520 _aThis "Very Short Introduction" to music invites us to really think about music and the values and qualities we ascribe to it. Drawing on a range of examples from Beethoven to the Spice Girls to Chinese zither music, Nicholas Cook attempts to provide a framework for thinking about all music.
650 _a Music appreciation.
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