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Commercialism, Accessibility, Popularity, and Originality in American High-art Music

其他書名	Richard Danielpour, a Case Study
出版	Florida State University School of Music, 2004
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=TjhinQEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋This dissertation considers the life and music of Richard Danielpour (b. 1956) and how they intersect with the issues of commercialism, accessibility, popularity, and originality in twentieth- and twenty-first century American art music. It also explores Danielpour's motivations for composing and the position of his music in American culture within the context of the changes that have occurred -- particularly in the last twenty to thirty years -- in the criteria for assessing musical value and meaning in American high art. Much of the music being written and performed well into the third quarter of the twentieth century was completely unintelligible to a majority of concert goers, and a huge gap had developed between classical composers and their public. Richard Danielpour is one of many composers in the late twentieth- and early twenty-first centuries who have sought to bridge that gap, in part by aligning themselves with the tradition of writing music that is emotionally evocative and musically valid. Danielpour's concern for reaching his audience underscores his sincere desire to be appreciated artistically and understood intellectually.