Composing the Citizen: Music as Public Utility in Third Republic France - Explore French Cultural History & Music's Role in Society" （如果原书是关于法国第三共和国时期音乐作为公共事业的研究，这个标题增加了关键词如“French cultural history”和“music's role in society”，并补充了使用场景——适合对法国历史、音乐社会学或公共政策研究感兴趣的读者。）
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In a book that challenges modernist ideas about the value and role of music in Western society, Composing the Citizen demonstrates how music can help forge a nation. Deftly exploring the history of Third Republic France, Jann Pasler shows how French people from all classes and political persuasions looked to music to revitalize the country after the turbulent crises of 1871. Embraced not as a luxury but for its "public utility," music became an object of public policy as integral to modern life as power and water, a way to teach critical judgment and inspire national pride. It helped people to forget the past, voice conflicting aspirations, and imagine a shared future. Based on a dazzling survey of archival material, Pasler's rich interdisciplinary work looks beyond elites and the histories their agendas have dominated to open new windows onto the musical tastes and practices of amateurs as well as professionals. A fascinating history of the period emerges, one rooted in political realities and the productive tensions between the political and the aesthetic. Highly evocative and deeply humanistic, Composing the Citizen ignites broad debates about music's role in democracy and its meaning in our lives.
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Jann Pasler's book, "Composing the Citizen," is surely one of the greatest musicological achievements of the past fifty years: this book is destined to become a classic in its field. Pasler's prose is lucid, lapidary, but engaging. The scope of "Composing the Citizen" is vast, and the expertise with which Pasler marshals her research--most of it absolutely original--is breathtaking. Pasler wears her learning lightly, however, and anyone interested in the cultural life of France during the nineteenth century will find this book engrossing, revelatory, and entertaining.
