A Different Story: Aesthestics and the History of Western Music

Edstrom, an ethnomusicologist, uses aesthetics as a means to chronicle Western music history in its social, cultural, and performance contexts. He examines music from ancient Greece to the present day and changing aesthetics in musical life. The book, which originated in a conference in Umea, Sweden, was originally published in Swedish as En ANNAN berattelse om den vasterlandska musikhisorien - och det estetiska projektet in 2002. It was translated by the author and Joel Speerstra. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)