Lester Bangs Lives
A musician's thoughts on anxiety, expression, and the culture of classical music
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Classical Music In My Life: Confessions Of A Confused Violinist, Part V (opens the original)
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Henry Kingsbury’s Music, Talent, and Performance examines music conservatory culture from an anthropological standpoint. The book was written after Kingsbury spent time at a high profile conservatory, gathering observations on classes and conducting conversations on conservatory life with students and teachers. Kingsbury had previously taught piano at a college of music and acted as that college’s Assistant Dean. This position involved counseling students. “There was a great deal of ambivalence,
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