Who Needs Classical Music?

"You will often cheer out loud! I did...more profound than can be communicated in a book review. I read this twice. Like all my favorite books, I will read it again and again. Nothing is more relevant to classical music devotees."--American Record Guide "[A] heartfelt and finely reasoned appeal....wise, perceptive and inspiring book."--The Economist "[A] soberly argued defiance of classical tradition as uniquely valuable in its own right, and hence worth sustaining as a cultural option open to all. Who Needs Classical Music? is neither a last-ditch lament nor an aggressive counter-attack....Every page -at times, every sentence-is loaded with implications for further thought deserves the widest attention." --BBC online "[A] sophisticated yet accessible defense of classical music's value."--CHOICE "You will often cheer out loud! I did...more profound than can be communicated in a book review. I read this twice. Like all my favorite books, I will read it again and again. Nothing is more relevant to classical music devotees."--American Record Guide "[A] heartfelt and finely reasoned appeal....wise, perceptive and inspiring book."--The Economist "[A] soberly argued defiance of classical tradition as uniquely valuable in its own right, and hence worth sustaining as a cultural option open to all. Who Needs Classical Music? is neither a last-ditch lament nor an aggressive counter-attack....Every page-at times, every sentence-is loaded with implications for further thought deserves the widest attention." --BBC online "[A] sophisticated yet accessible defense of classical music's value."--CHOICE