Abstract:Remi Chiu states the focus of his book at the very outset with such clarity that it warrants a full quotation here: "This book is about music and music-making as one of those resourceful strategies for surviving the plague. It treats music as an urgent and active curative with material consequences for the health and well-being of those assailed by the horrible disease. It shows that the production of music was animated by the changing experiences and knowledge of pestilence.. .. It makes no great claims about… Show more
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