• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Pygmalion and the Music of Mere Interest
  • Contributor: Lockhart, Ellen
  • Published: University of California Press, 2015
  • Published in: Representations
  • Extent: 95-103
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1525/rep.2015.132.1.95
  • ISSN: 0734-6018; 1533-855X
  • Abstract: <p>This article brings together two instances of “quirk” objects that are remote from one another in genre and time (Rousseau’s <italic>Pygmalion</italic> and a Busby Berkeley dance number), in order to put pressure on the explanatory power of historical context within musicology.</p>
  • Description: <p>This article brings together two instances of “quirk” objects that are remote from one another in genre and time (Rousseau’s <italic>Pygmalion</italic> and a Busby Berkeley dance number), in order to put pressure on the explanatory power of historical context within musicology.</p>
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