The Lyre of Orpheus: Popular Music, the Sacred, and the Profane by Christopher Partridge

The Lyre of Orpheus: Popular Music, the Sacred, and the Profane

Christopher Partridge

368 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction music reflective medium-paced
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The myth of Orpheus articulates what social theorists have known since Plato: music matters. It is uniquely able to move us, to guide the imagination, to evoke memories, and to create spaces within which meaning is made. Popular music occupies a p...

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