John J. Sheinbaum published Good Music: What It Is and Who Gets to Decide in December. In the book, John turns to a range of musical examples spanning Mahler’s symphonies, jazz improvisations, and Bruce Springsteen’s hits to analyze the dominant categories used for evaluating music in the West, questioning what we appreciate and what we miss by adhering to those value systems. You can read more about the book at: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo31043323.html
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