For music lovers and general readers, Beckingham, a freelance researcher and legal interpreter, investigates whether classical music is dying, and whether popular music has taken its place. She
examines the origins of the split between classical and popular music, the rise of youth culture and the fall of elitism, and the consequences of these changes. She also discusses crossover
music and whether it helps or hurts the problem, the popular attraction of opera, and teaching classical music in the schools. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation 穢2009 Book News, Inc.,
Portland, OR (booknews.com)
